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Growing awareness of the size and organizational potential of informal economies in the era of globalization has triggered a profusion of research on linkages between the formal and informal economies, moving in a range of empirical and theoretical directions. This Working Paper reviews over 200...
29 MB, 507 pages For smaller file downloads, download by section This practical Policy Resource Guide, initiated and completed by the Employment Policy Department, is the first initiative to bring together in one volume, a synthesis of knowledge, policy innovations and good practices facilitating...
The existing marketing, strategy and economics literature have little to offer by way of recommendations to promote entrepreneurship in the informal economy, except to advocate that multinationals, local firms, state and public agencies should work together to bring the informal economy into the...
In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional court´s Order 275 and the implications it has for waste pickers in Colombia. Video is in Spanish. Chronicles of a Fight for Inclusion is a series of audiovisual...
The informal economy plays an important role in most middle income countries. Informal economic activities are characterized by low levels of technology and jobs with low levels of skills and productivity. Informal institutions governing relationships in the informal economy, and formal institutions...
This paper summarizes the literature on the impact of state subsidized or social health insurance schemes that have been offered, mostly on a voluntary basis, to the informal sector in low- and middle-income countries. A substantial number of papers provide estimations of average treatment on the...
Far from the vision of popular actors in the popular economy as reactionary and archaic, stubbornly resisting any move towards change, this book's overall aim is to contribute to a broadening and deepening of our understanding of the logic and socio-economic practices of those operating in the...
Abstract: We live in an era of transition. Increasingly the old and negative perception and hostility vis-à-vis the informal economy that characterised the preceding decades is withering away and new approaches at better managing the informal economy are being invented. This report presents six case...
This article highlights, from the vantage point of workers in the resettlement colony, how the restructuring processes of large formal sector companies within the "new economy" exploit conditions created by the state's slum clearance policies, to enhance the precariousness of work for residents of...
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.