Public and Workplace Services

Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part B

This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part A

This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

Regional Dialogue on Social Protection of Home-Based Workers in Southeast Asia

• March 2, 2022
• Online
  Manila, Philippines

Date: March 2, 2022Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm Philippine Standard Time (GMT +8 hours)   HomeNet Southeast Asia, a sub-regional network of...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

The study sample in Ahmedabad – the largest city and financial capital of Gujarat State in Western India – included domestic workers, home-based...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

Informal workers in and around Accra’s markets – street vendors, market traders and kayayei – provide affordable goods and services and form...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

This report presents the Durban, South Africa, findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Pleven, Bulgaria: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

Pleven, Bulgaria, has a large informal worker population due in part to its large garment manufacturing sector. This report presents the...

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 3

In this brief, we discuss the changes in Bolsa Família, the Brazilian cash-grant flagship programme, in light of the recent developments...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Tiruppur, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

Known as the “T-Shirt Capital of the World”, Tiruppur is the seventh largest city in Tamil Nadu State, South India. Around 800,000 workers...

Press Release: Study Shows Stalled COVID-19 Recovery Leaves Workers in Informal Employment Hungry, No Govt Relief

Nearly one-third of respondents in mid-2021 said family members had gone hungry over the last month. Despite dire need, government cash and...