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The global informal recycling sector has come into focus as the base of the industrial value chain. With few exceptions, reports and articles have investigated the activities, condition, and position of informal enterprises and individuals, but have paid little attention to the context: the waste...
This report provides a disaggregated analysis of known street vendors in the eThekwini Municipality by type of area, with further disaggregation within the areas with sufficient observations by demographic and trader characteristics. It supplements Reform Development Consulting’s earlier report, A...
As associações e cooperativas de catadores são formadas a partir da situação de vulnerabilidade social dos seus membros. A maior parte dos catadores encontra dificuldades em conseguir empregos devido ao baixo grau de escolaridade, à idade avançada e a outros aspectos incompatíveis com as exigências...
A blog managed by the Global Development group at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It tells the stories of the urban working poor throughout the developing world.
This paper uses the case of Uganda’s capital Kampala to explore how political configurations overturn structures of city governance, with particular attention to the increasing engagement between President Museveni and particular groups of informal workers. The researchers present empirical research...
Abstract: This paper, in the African Review of Economics and Finance , analyses the livelihood strategies of residents in the city of Bamenda, Cameroon. It argues that the informal economy is not the preserve of the poor. Middle income households also play a crucial role. Informal economic...
This technical brief critically assesses land-use zoning regulations, both generally and specifically in India, with particular reference to the impact of mixed-use zoning on home-based production. It suggests both a more efficient and equitable approach to regulating land use that provides for the...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.