Europe & Central Asia

Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks

Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace.  To support...

The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating Informal Labour in Global Production Networks

This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the...

A Profile of Informal Employment: The Case of Georgia

Employment Sector Working Paper on the Informal Economy, No. 9

Skills Training for Decent Work in the Informal Sector of the North-West Region of Russia (St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region)

Challenges and Experiences in Organizing Home-Based Workers in Bulgaria

The Home-Based Workers’ Association in Bulgaria is an extraordinary example of how informal women workers have managed to build a strong...

Legal and Institutional Incentives for Undocumented Work in Private Households in Germany

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Varieties of Legal Dualism: Making Sense of the Role of Law in Contemporary Russia

Explores dual (formal/informal) systems of political use of the courts and informal social/business networks in Russia.

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Lesser Citizens: Indian Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK

Employment in the Informal Economy in the Republic of Moldova

ILO Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Department for Statistics and Sociology of the Republic of Moldova