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ການປັບປຸງການເຂົ້າເຖິງປະກັນສັງຄົມສຳຫລັບຜູ້ທຳງານຢູ່ເຮືອນໃນນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ ສປປ ລາວ – WIEGO Policy Brief No. 32. Read More
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Books & Book ChaptersCOVID-19 and the Informal Economy: Impact, Recovery and the FutureA 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 BriefsUnlocking 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 BriefsRegistration: Key Concepts, Approaches and Strategies to Include Informal WorkersIn this briefing note we review the current debates on strategies, challenges and opportunities regarding registration in the context of... Read More Resource DocumentsStreet Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine CitiesThis report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;... Read More BriefsIncome floors: Understanding the different policy proposalsThe 2020 global pandemic catalyzed great interest in the potential of social protection to support incomes and livelihoods during times of... Read More Resource DocumentsPune Waste Pickers’ Innovative Efforts to Fund the Extension of Decent Work and Social ProtectionTaking inspiration from India’s long experience with welfare boards, which provide social protection for self-employed workers and are generally... Read More Resource DocumentsDomestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six CitiesKey Findings Domestic workers’ ability to work and earn an income were negatively impacted throughout the pandemic and particularly at the... Read More Resource DocumentsWaste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five CitiesKey Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and... Read More Statistical BriefsInformal Workers in Peru: A Statistical Profile, 2015–2021This 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 Resource DocumentsHome-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five CitiesIn both mid-2020 and mid-2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households,... Read More 1 2 3 ... 11 Next Last
COVID-19 and the Informal Economy: Impact, Recovery and the FutureA 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 WorkersIn 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 CitiesThis 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 proposalsThe 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 ProtectionTaking 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 CitiesKey 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 CitiesKey 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, 2015–2021This 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
Home-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five CitiesIn both mid-2020 and mid-2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households,... Read More
