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Statistical Briefs Informal Workers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. ... Read More Law & Informality Insights A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers This publication – A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers... Read More Resource Documents The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? A Case Study from Ahmedabad, India This case study documents the history of the struggle by street vendors, with SEWA’s support, to retain their right to vend – and their natural... Read More Working Papers Urban Planning and Informal Livelihoods in India: An Analysis of Urban Planning Laws and Processes in Delhi and Bangalore This paper seeks to critically analyze the legal framework of urban planning in India and the challenges and opportunities it presents informal... Read More Technical Briefs Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Waste Pickers This brief explores the challenges that waste pickers face with EPR and offers ideas for developing more inclusive EPR systems, based on... Read More Organizing Briefs Supporting Self‑Organization of Home‑Based Workers in Africa: Lessons Learned This organizing brief draws out the lessons of HBWs organizing in five countries; Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. It... Read More WIEGO Publication Series COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities: Recovery Pathways Amidst Continued Crisis This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys... Read More Resource Documents New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo In Togo, workers in the informal economy (90.7% of the total workforce) are excluded from the state’s social protection provisions. In an... Read More Resource Documents New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the FIWON Cooperative Scheme in Nigeria The FIWON cooperative, a wholly informal worker-driven collective with chapters in Lagos and Osun, facilitates access to insurance for its... Read More Statistical Briefs Domestic Workers in the World: A Statistical Profile Globally, there are almost 76 million domestic workers and 76 per cent are women. This Statistical Brief, prepared jointly by WIEGO and ILO,... Read More First Prev ... 5 6 7 ... 16 ... Next Last
Informal Workers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. ... Read More
A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers This publication – A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers... Read More
The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? A Case Study from Ahmedabad, India This case study documents the history of the struggle by street vendors, with SEWA’s support, to retain their right to vend – and their natural... Read More
Urban Planning and Informal Livelihoods in India: An Analysis of Urban Planning Laws and Processes in Delhi and Bangalore This paper seeks to critically analyze the legal framework of urban planning in India and the challenges and opportunities it presents informal... Read More
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Waste Pickers This brief explores the challenges that waste pickers face with EPR and offers ideas for developing more inclusive EPR systems, based on... Read More
Supporting Self‑Organization of Home‑Based Workers in Africa: Lessons Learned This organizing brief draws out the lessons of HBWs organizing in five countries; Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. It... Read More
COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities: Recovery Pathways Amidst Continued Crisis This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys... Read More
New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo In Togo, workers in the informal economy (90.7% of the total workforce) are excluded from the state’s social protection provisions. In an... Read More
New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the FIWON Cooperative Scheme in Nigeria The FIWON cooperative, a wholly informal worker-driven collective with chapters in Lagos and Osun, facilitates access to insurance for its... Read More
Domestic Workers in the World: A Statistical Profile Globally, there are almost 76 million domestic workers and 76 per cent are women. This Statistical Brief, prepared jointly by WIEGO and ILO,... Read More
