Global Research

Global Economic Crisis Study

COVID-19 Laws and Informal Workers

In March 2020, WIEGO’s Law Programme began a project to collect, collate and analyse the COVID-19 laws in 41 countries in Africa, 7 in Asia,...

Coping in Crisis: South African Workers’ Lives in COVID-19

Background There is widespread recognition, both internationally and in South Africa, that the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study

WIEGO and our partners are listening long and hard to informal workers through our multi-city study: COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy....

Los Rifados de la Basura Campaign 

In Mexico City, thousands of people work daily keeping the city clean, collecting waste from residents and recycling reusable materials....