Announcing “Formalizing the Informal Economy”: A Webinar Series Towards the 2025 International Labour Conference Read More
WIEGO Co-organizes Workshops on Promoting Health Justice and Systems Change for Workers in Informal Employment in Brazil and India Read More
A data user’s perspective on the new statistical standards on informality: Statistical demands and challenges in WIEGO’s work Read More
Journal Articles A data user’s perspective on the new statistical standards on informality: Statistical demands and challenges in WIEGO’s work Read More Books & Book Chapters 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,... Read More Organizing Briefs 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... Read More Briefs 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... Read More Resource Documents Street Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities This report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;... Read More Briefs Income floors: Understanding the different policy proposals The 2020 global pandemic catalyzed great interest in the potential of social protection to support incomes and livelihoods during times of... Read More Resource Documents Pune Waste Pickers’ Innovative Efforts to Fund the Extension of Decent Work and Social Protection Taking inspiration from India’s long experience with welfare boards, which provide social protection for self-employed workers and are generally... Read More Resource Documents Domestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six Cities Key Findings Domestic workers’ ability to work and earn an income were negatively impacted throughout the pandemic and particularly at the... Read More Resource Documents Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and... Read More Statistical Briefs Informal Workers in Peru: A Statistical Profile, 2015–2021 This brief examines data on employment in Peru from 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and analyzes the changes in employment brought by the COVID-19... Read More 1 2 3 ... 11 ... Next Last
A data user’s perspective on the new statistical standards on informality: Statistical demands and challenges in WIEGO’s work Read More
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,... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Street Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities This report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;... Read More
Income floors: Understanding the different policy proposals The 2020 global pandemic catalyzed great interest in the potential of social protection to support incomes and livelihoods during times of... Read More
Pune Waste Pickers’ Innovative Efforts to Fund the Extension of Decent Work and Social Protection Taking inspiration from India’s long experience with welfare boards, which provide social protection for self-employed workers and are generally... Read More
Domestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six Cities Key Findings Domestic workers’ ability to work and earn an income were negatively impacted throughout the pandemic and particularly at the... Read More
Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and... Read More
Informal Workers in Peru: A Statistical Profile, 2015–2021 This brief examines data on employment in Peru from 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and analyzes the changes in employment brought by the COVID-19... Read More
