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From the Minimum Wage Policy Guide: "Based on existing ILO standards and the diversity of international practice, this website provides information on key questions of good practice and highlights different choices that can be made depending on national preferences and country circumstances."
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) at Cal Poly Pomona hosted a symposium (1-hour) on street vending on May 19, 2016. Organized by Dr. Alvaro Huerta and his urban planning graduate students, in association with co-sponsors, this educational symposium focused on a key question:...
Nohra Padilla, a Colombian waste picker/recycler advocate and recipient of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Award , is interviewed by Cities Alliance, during COP21 in Paris, France. In Spanish with subtitles in English.
This resource focuses on a collaborative process for market traders and local government officials to develop a disaster response plan.
Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities. Based on findings from a research-action project with women waste pickers, this paper maps out the objectives of the participatory project and...
Informal trading is a prevalent reality in African cities, still marked by high degree of poverty, unemployment and inequality, and affected by global economic fluctuations. Informal trading constitutes a safety net in times of economic hardship, and a major way for marginalised groups to enter the...
Le commerce informel est une réalité incontournable dans les villes africaines, marquées par un niveau élevé de pauvreté, de chômage et d’inégalités et, assujetti aux fluctuations de l’économie mondiale. Le commerce informel constitue une soupape essentielle, et un point d’entrée sur le marché du...
La “Estrategia Nacional de Tránsito a la Economía Formal” es el resultado de un arduo trabajo de los representantes de los sectores de trabajadores, empleadores y gobierno. Contempla acciones en los cuatro ejes que los sectores han considerado como prioritarios, a saber: formación técnico...
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.