The Americas

Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

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...

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

Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work

Domestic workers are critical to the US economy. They help families meet many of the most basic physical, emotional, and social needs of...

Sidewalk Standoff: Street Vendor Regulations are Costly, Confusing, and Leave Many Disgruntled

Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

Economie Informelle, Insécurité et Cohésion Sociale en Amérique Latine

Copa do Mundo Para Todos O Retrato dos Vendedores Ambulantes Nas Cidades-sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014

Informal Jobs: Another Occupational Hazard for Women’s Mental Health?International Journal of Epidemiology