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Informality is often defined as the failure to pay taxes due. And informality so defined is seen as a key challenge for the revenue systems of developing countries: so much so that “reducing informality” is often a central objective of tax reforms . The standard targets of such reforms are those...
The poor face many challenges in accessing health services. However, argues Laura Alfers , WIEGO’s Deputy Director of Social Protection, the working poor, especially informal workers, “experience particular barriers to access based on the nature and place of their work, and may have occupational...
Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face formidable structural obstacles to securing their rights as workers. Despite their apparent vulnerability, these informal workers have built perhaps the most...
What happens to informal employment during an economic crisis? The conventional wisdom is that the informal sector—which consists of small, unincorporated enterprises—acts as a safety net for vulnerable workers during periods of crisis. The assumption is often that job losses in formal sector...
This video provides essential insight into the contributions of informal workers as well as the many hurdles they face in securing their livelihoods. It also features the benefits of organizing with case studies from Ghana, India and Thailand. Español | Français
Excerpts from an interview with WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Martha Chen . Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a network focused on securing livelihoods for the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy. Alongside informal workers, researchers...
Excerpts from an interview with WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Martha (Marty) Chen . This video focuses on the importance of bringing recognition and dignity to the informal economy, and its impact on growth (economic and social), inclusivity, and equality. "Informal workers need voice...
“…what we want to make is a more fair and equal world.” In these excerpts from an interview with WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Martha Chen, she discusses WIEGO’s agenda as an organization—its mandate, focused on the visibility, voice, and validity of informal workers around the world, and how...
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.