The Americas

Land, Life, and Security: An Interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua

Abstract: This is an interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua and Oscar Berríos from...

Outside the Law: An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá

Abstract: Millions of people worldwide work outside the law as street vendors in order to earn a living.

De la lucha por espacios a la creación de alternativas productivas y comerciales

Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

Research on Informal Work in the U.S.: Emerging Concepts and Measurement

Background memo prepared for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Harvard University, October 31 ‐ November...

Working in Large Food Retailers in France and the USA: The Key Role of InstitutionsWork Employment & Society

Abstract: Despite numerous similarities between the food retail sectors of France and the USA, there are significant contrasts in the jobs,...

Informal Urbanism in the USA: New Challenges for Theory and PracticePlanning Theory and Practice

Devlin describes the case of immigrant food vendors in an area of Brooklyn and how as they became more popular with better off New Yorkers...

Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre

Using evidence from Cusco, Peru, the paper examines the effects of the planned displacement of informal traders from city-centre streets....

Informalidad, inseguridad y cohesión social en América Latina

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...

Depressive and anxiety symptoms among housemaidsAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine

Background: Housemaid, the most common occupation in the female labor force in Brazil, is known to be targeted by a generalized racial and...