Livelihoods

Building a More Inclusive and Prosperous Dakar: Recommendations from Informal Workers

“Tomorrow is Ours”: India’s Informal Workers Declare in New Radio Programme

For 13 weeks, in 2017, the unthinkable happened for informal workers: they captivated audiences across Northern India by bringing the public...

Waste has Worth — and So Do the Women Working to Collect It

A step-by-step guide to building empowerment among women waste pickers By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando Women across the globe share...

How a pyramid sketch redefined the informal economy — and the new data that is putting that 20-year-old idea to the test

  By Mike Rogan

Reportaje fotográfico: Esfuerzos internos para fortalecer el liderazgo entre las mujeres recicladoras

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Nothing for us without us: Participatory processes and the New Urban Agenda

Half the world’s population live in cities, and urban informal workers make important economic, social, and environmental contributions to...

What’s the legal recourse for street vendor evictions?

WIEGO’s law team discusses how administrative law can empower and protect informal workers in urban public spaces

Informal workers and taxes: What “tax justice” looks like from below

A growing tax justice movement has been exposing the shadowy ways in which elites and large trans-national corporations often avoid paying...

Can Waste Pickers Help Solve Delhi’s Towering Trash Problem?

With Avi Singh Majithia Delhi’s Qutub Minar, the tallest minaret in the world, rises high above many of the capital city’s landmarks, but...

Against the Odds: Resilience, Solidarity and Community Spirit Keep Warwick Markets Alive

Photos by Jonathan TorgovnikAbout half-a-million people flow through Warwick Junction every day — every one of them a potential customer...