The Americas

The Informal Economy: Making it in Rural America

FIELD (The Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination) is a program of the Aspen Institute.

Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Research and Policy Brief No. 30

Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World

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Empleo, salarios y equidad durante la recuperación reciente en la Argentina

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines

This paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks...

Epidemiological Surveillance of Informal Worker’s Health in Two Cities in Southeastern Brazil

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Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America

Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America.  

Hometown Associations and Development: The Case of El Salvador

Destination D.C. Working Paper, No. 3 Women’s Studies Department, George Washington University and Center for Women and Work, Rutgers, The...

Empoderamiento Legal de los Trabajadores en la Economía Informal

Estratégias para fortelecer la capacidad de las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal

Sumário Executivo: Vendedoras e Vendedores de Rua da Região Metropolitana de Lima