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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO dans le Monde: Newsletter, juillet 2015

    Ce édition du bulletin WIEGO inclut:

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Global Labour Column – Power and Classification: Casual Workers Struggles in the South African Post Office

    In this article, David Dickinson focuses on the struggles against exploitation by casual workers in the South African Post Office (SAPO)....

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Step-by-step guide to reviewing and improving purchasing practices

    Initial Lessons from the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Purchasing Practices Project. London. Ethical Trading Initiative.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    A Toolkit for Informality Scenario Analysis

    Description from World Bank: ““A Toolkit for Informality Scenario Analysis” is a spreadsheet-based toolkit that allows researchers...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Fair and Ethical Trade: An Explanation

    This resource is a technical guide, commissioned by WIEGO. A single, technical and universally accepted definition of Fair Trade has been...

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    Living on the Precipice of Extreme Poverty: How Financial Downturns Devastate the Working Poor

    The global economic crisis that rocked the world in 2008 led to increased financial hardship for informal workers, most of whom already lived...

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  • Liberia Street Vendor Page

    Links with Economic Crises

    When economic crises cause job losses in the formal economy, more people become employed in the informal economy to survive.

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Page

    Links with Growth

    How much and in what ways does the informal economy contribute to economic growth? Or does the informal economy account for low productivity...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Worker Story

    Global Recession Impact: Personal Stories from Informal Workers

    Uncertain Times The global economic crisis that rocked the world in 2008 led to increased financial hardship for informal workers, most of...

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