Peru

Informal Workers in Peru Present Their Demands and Proposals to Political Parties

More than 140 informal worker leaders from Lima and other cities in Peru gathered in November to create a common platform of demands and...

How to Analyse Government Budgets from an Informal Economy Perspective

Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis...

Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...

Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice...

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

Improving the Regulatory Framework for Income Enhancement of the Urban Poor: A Case Study of Lima

The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city

Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.

Business Strategies of Informal Micro-entrepreneurs in Lima, Peru

Los tejedores de Santiago de Chuco y Huamachuco, de cumbicus a mitayos, obrajeros y mineros

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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