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The WIEGO Manifesto contains the principles behind WIEGO's approach to supporting informal workers and reducing poverty. "In most developing countries, well over half of the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers – and their livelihoods – tend to be ignored or excluded in city planning...
Household enterprises—usually one-person-operated tiny informal enterprises—are a rapidly growing source of employment in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in lower-income countries. Household enterprises tend to operate with limited interest or support from governments. This is the case in Mozambique...
Discussion Paper No. 7597 Abstract: We study the surprisingly low level and stagnation of female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force participation stagnated at...
The tripartite structure of representatives of employers, workers and the government in the global production network lacks a key player, the buyers, who must be included to ensure just outcomes.
WIEGO translated this article into English (with permission) from the original, published in Trabajo Informal , Este Pais, in July 2013. The article explores informal employment issues in Mexico, where the phenomenon of the informal workforce is widespread. The issues and impacts are diverse. How...
Press Release In examining the role played by women from all walks of life, including farmers and informal sector workers, as well as business leaders and social entrepreneurs, the book offers global solutions for promoting growth. The publication also calls attention to significant challenges that...
Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If...
The informal economy has always existed in India, but it was seen neither as an important part of the economy, nor as a theoretical category that needed to be developed and explored. Although, the term “informal sector” was adopted internationally by the ILO in the mid-1970s, it retreated to 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.