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  • Journal Articles

    Gendered inequalities in the South African informal economy

    In this article in Agenda, WIEGO’s Michael Rogan and Laura Alfers examine sources of gender inequality within the South African informal...

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    Statistics November 25, 2019

    WIEGO Makes the Case for Distinguishing between the Informal Economy and Underground and Illegal Production

    Marty Chen, Senior Advisor for WIEGO, was among the experts on the informal economy who spoke at the 7th IMF Statistical Forum, highlighting...

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  • Domestic worker in Joburg, South Africa Post
    Statistics November 05, 2019

    City-level statistical snapshots for South Africa and Thailand available for the first time

    WIEGO’s Statistics Programme is launching a new set of Statistical Briefs that provide key indicators of informal employment and key...

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  • Databases

    City Level Statistics on the Informal Workers

    This table (Excel spreadsheet) contains the data WIEGO commissioned on informal employment and its workers in 19 cities. WIEGO now produces...

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  • Measuring Social Change book cover News
    Statistics October 01, 2019

    WIEGO Statistics Programme an example in book Measuring Social Change

    The WIEGO Statistics Programme is featured in a recently published book by Alnoor Ebrahim. Ebrahim examines an “emergent strategy”...

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  • Home-based worker and street vendor in Bangkok 2015 Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Urban Thailand: A Statistical Snapshot

    This brief contains estimates on informal workers in Bangkok and other urban centres in Thailand.

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World

    The social sector is undergoing a major transformation. We are witnessing an explosion in efforts to deliver social change, a burgeoning...

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  • WIEGO in the World Newsletter

      July 2019  English  |  en Español |  en Français

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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

    ILO-WIEGO Statistical Reports

    WIEGO has worked closely with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the development of statistics on the informal economy. In 2018,...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty

    Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici 

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