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City/Country Level Reports COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery The study sample in Ahmedabad – the largest city and financial capital of Gujarat State in Western India – included domestic workers, home-based... 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 City/Country Level Reports COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery This report presents the Durban, South Africa, findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that... Read More City/Country Level Reports COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Pleven, Bulgaria: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Pleven, Bulgaria, has a large informal worker population due in part to its large garment manufacturing sector. This report presents the... Read More City/Country Level Reports COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Tiruppur, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Known as the “T-Shirt Capital of the World”, Tiruppur is the seventh largest city in Tamil Nadu State, South India. Around 800,000 workers... Read More City/Country Level Reports COVID-19 Crisis and Canners in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Canners represent many underserved populations in New York City, including racially or ethnically marginalized groups, undocumented immigrants,... Read More City/Country Level Reports COVID-19 Crisis and Street Vendors in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Between 10,000 and 20,000 New Yorkers make their living selling food or merchandise on the city’s streets. This report presents the NYC Street... Read More Research Reports Executive Summary: The Crisis is Far from Over for Informal Workers This summary provides a preliminary overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect the world’s more than 2 billion informal... Read More Research Reports The Crisis is Far from Over for Informal Workers — We Need an Inclusive Recovery for the Majority of the World’s Workforce COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy – Global Findings, Round 2 Policy Insights No. 8 In The Crisis is Far from Over for Informal Workers... Read More Research Reports Enabling Social Protection within the Informal Economy: Lessons from Worker-led Schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo This synthesis report, for the “New Forms of Social Insurance for the Economic Inclusion of Women & Young Informal Workers” research... Read More First Prev ... 2 3 4 ... 13 ... Next Last
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery The study sample in Ahmedabad – the largest city and financial capital of Gujarat State in Western India – included domestic workers, home-based... 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
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery This report presents the Durban, South Africa, findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Pleven, Bulgaria: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Pleven, Bulgaria, has a large informal worker population due in part to its large garment manufacturing sector. This report presents the... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Tiruppur, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Known as the “T-Shirt Capital of the World”, Tiruppur is the seventh largest city in Tamil Nadu State, South India. Around 800,000 workers... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and Canners in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Canners represent many underserved populations in New York City, including racially or ethnically marginalized groups, undocumented immigrants,... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and Street Vendors in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Between 10,000 and 20,000 New Yorkers make their living selling food or merchandise on the city’s streets. This report presents the NYC Street... Read More
Executive Summary: The Crisis is Far from Over for Informal Workers This summary provides a preliminary overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect the world’s more than 2 billion informal... Read More
The Crisis is Far from Over for Informal Workers — We Need an Inclusive Recovery for the Majority of the World’s Workforce COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy – Global Findings, Round 2 Policy Insights No. 8 In The Crisis is Far from Over for Informal Workers... Read More
Enabling Social Protection within the Informal Economy: Lessons from Worker-led Schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo This synthesis report, for the “New Forms of Social Insurance for the Economic Inclusion of Women & Young Informal Workers” research... Read More
