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A data user’s perspective on the new statistical standards on informality: Statistical demands and challenges in WIEGO’s work

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Book Launch: COVID-19 and the Informal Economy

• May 30, 2024
• Online

This webinar –co-hosted by UNU-WIDER and WIEGO– will serve to launch the book “COVID-19 and the Informal Economy: Impact, Recovery...

COVID-19 and the Informal Economy: Impact, Recovery and the Future

A key challenge for the post-COVID-19 global economy is whether the disproportionate impact of the crisis on workers in informal employment,...

Registration: Key Concepts, Approaches and Strategies to Include Informal Workers

In this briefing note we review the current debates on strategies, challenges and opportunities regarding registration in the context of...

Unlocking Strength and Resilience: The Self Employed Women’s Association’s COVID-19 Strategies in Delhi

  The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) has over 2.5 million members across 18 states in India. SEWA organizes women workers to achieve...

Registering Informal Workers in India: e-Shram, an Opportunity Lost?

The launch of e-Shram, a national database of workers who earn a living in the informal economy, holds lessons for implementation going forward...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Sector Findings

Sector Findings: In both 2020 and 2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID‑19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their...