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Agenda and participants for the December 12, 2012 Power of Statistics workshop held in Delhi - part of SEWA's 40th Anniversary celebrations.
Abstract: In this study, we consider how informality can be defined and measured in the Turkish labor market. The empirical analysis consists of developing three alternative definitions of labor informality, and exploring the relevance and implications of each for the Turkish labor market using...
Este análisis se propone aportar al conocimiento de las características particulares del colectivo conformado por los hogares clasificadores de residuos sólidos de Montevideo. Asimismo, intenta colaborar en la comprensión de los condicionamientos implícitos en la actividad de clasificación, que...
The Program maintains a Database of Conditions of Work and Employment Laws, which provides information on laws from around the world. The database covers measures on minimum wages, working hours and holidays, and maternity protection and provides information on around 130 countries from all regions.
Meeting Reports of the International Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics, "The Delhi Group", of which WIEGO is a member. From the UN Statistics Division: Delhi Group on Informal Sector Statistics Purpose Set up as an international forum to exchange experience in the measurement of the...
Abstract: While inequality and poverty in India have been much studied, little attention has been given to the underlying role of the labour market. To help remedy this gap, the authors examine low pay in India, giving particular attention to its magnitude, characteristics and determinants. An...
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The nature of employment is changing. Employees are increasingly seen as liabilities rather than assets, and so workers are kept at arm’s length from the companies they ultimately serve. Middle-class long-term jobs are shifting to precarious, low-wage work. These contingent relationships include...
The paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal enterprises and informal jobs; extend state protections – social and legal – to the informal workforce; and increase the productivity of informal enterprises...
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.