Amid austerity and aid cuts, workers need to deepen their understanding of domestic financing of social protection Read More
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Books & Book Chapters Child Care in Markets: An E-Book Read More Resource Documents Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and... Read More Working Papers Tight Tax Net, Loose Safety Net: Taxation and Social Protection in Accra’s Informal Sector While debates about taxation and social protection in relation to the informal economy are widespread, there is little empirical evidence... Read More Resource Documents New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a... Read More City/Country Level Reports 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... Read More Resource Documents Women Informal Traders and Child Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Accra, Durban and Nakuru Key Points The public health measures taken to contain the pandemic coupled with the economic slowdown have significantly reduced women informal... Read More Research Reports COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific... Read More Resource Documents Street Vendor Exclusion in “Modern” Market Planning: A Case Study from Kumasi, Ghana Read More Statistical Briefs Informal Workers in Ghana: A Statistical Snapshot This brief details recent data on informal workers in Greater Accra, urban Ghana and Ghana overall, and looks at the data: Read More Resource Documents Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand Read More 1 2 3 ... Next Last
Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and... Read More
Tight Tax Net, Loose Safety Net: Taxation and Social Protection in Accra’s Informal Sector While debates about taxation and social protection in relation to the informal economy are widespread, there is little empirical evidence... Read More
New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a... Read More
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... Read More
Women Informal Traders and Child Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Accra, Durban and Nakuru Key Points The public health measures taken to contain the pandemic coupled with the economic slowdown have significantly reduced women informal... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific... Read More
Informal Workers in Ghana: A Statistical Snapshot This brief details recent data on informal workers in Greater Accra, urban Ghana and Ghana overall, and looks at the data: Read More
Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand Read More
