Future of Work

Reaching the ‘missing middle’: Social protection for informal workers in COVID-19

With formal workers buffered to some extent by the protection provided through their formalized work relations, and the poorest of the poor...

Turning the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity: What’s Next for Social Protection?

• October 6, 2020 - October 8, 2020
• Online

The October 6-8 global e-conference “Turning the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity: What’s Next for Social Protection?”...

Policy Responses to the Employment Effects of COVID-19 in the Global South: What Have We Learnt So Far?

• September 1, 2020 - September 4, 2020
• Online

September 2, 2020: 3 PM (CEST, UTC+2) The World Bank in collaboration with  UNU-WIDER , the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and the Network...

Beyond Insecurity: A New Approach to Work, Wages and Wealth Distribution

• August 27, 2020
• Online

7:30 am EDT (GMT -4) – 9:30 AM

Informal Economy Revisited bookcover

The Informal Economy Revisited – landmark book in open access

This open-access book, edited by Martha Chen and Françoise Carré, brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts,...

Cette nouvelle crise fait ressortir les vieilles injustices dans l’économie mondiale

Les rapports sinistres sur les systèmes de santé débordés d’ici et d’autres parties de l’Europe, ainsi que de l’Amérique du Nord, ont dominé...

Esta nueva crisis acentúa las antiguas injusticias de la economía global 

La cobertura de COVID-19 por parte de muchos de los medios de comunicación más influyentes del mundo ha estado dominada por informes desalentadores...

This new crisis underscores old injustices in the global economy

Grim reports of overwhelmed health systems from here and other parts of Europe, as well as North America, have dominated COVID-19 coverage...

Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks

Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace.  To support...