New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the KAMBE Savings and Credit Cooperative in Uganda
The experience of the KAMBE SACCO highlights the importance of savings as a safety net for workers in informal employment in times of emergency....
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Street Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities
This report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;...
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I Will Not Auction My Back! Lessons from Maharashtra’s Welfare Boards in Financing Social Protection for Informal Workers
India’s welfare boards have existed for more than half a century and represent a unique approach to ensuring the sustainable and fair financing...
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Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Analyzing the Implementation of C189 in Latin America and the Caribbean
This Resource Document examines the measures that 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries have taken towards implementing C189: Argentina,...
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Efforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation
Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that...
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Pune Waste Pickers’ Innovative Efforts to Fund the Extension of Decent Work and Social Protection
Taking inspiration from India’s long experience with welfare boards, which provide social protection for self-employed workers and are generally...
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Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities
Key Findings
A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...
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Domestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six Cities
Key Findings
Domestic workers’ ability to work and earn an income were negatively impacted throughout the pandemic and particularly at the...
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Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia
This joint WIEGO and HomeNet Cambodia study adds to the limited research on home-based workers and their access to social-protection programmes...
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