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Summary: Home-based work, defined as non-professionals who perform market work from their homes, is an increasingly recognized form of employment in Latin America. The majority of the research on this segment of the labor force relies on small sample, qualitative data, which find that home-based...
Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper, No. 59
This report is the first of a series of papers that were commissioned under the auspices of the ILO Inter-Sectoral Task Force on the Informal Economy in preparation for the general discussion on the informal economy at the 90th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva in June 2002.
This paper examines the impact of globalization on those who work in the informal economy, with a special emphasis on women workers and producers.
World Bank Policy Research Report on Gender and Development, Working Paper Series, No. 24
Resumen: Dos conceptos han marcado la producción de la teoría feminista: género y empoderamiento. El primero tiene su origen en pensadoras del primer mundo y el segundo representa un encuentro de éstas con sus colegas del tercer mundo.En el campo de los estudios de género el empoderamiento es tal...
The relationship between informality and poverty, inequality, and economic growth is complex. This section of the website explores what is known about these relationships. Links with Poverty There is significant overlap between working in the informal economy and being poor. This sub-section...
Not all informal workers are poor and not all working poor are engaged in the informal economy — but there is significant overlap between informality and poverty. This page details what is known about the relationship between working in the informal economy and being poor, based on analyses of...
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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.