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Abstract: The presence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among vulnerable populations is a rarely discussed subject. Thus, the present cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to analyse the health conditions and access to public health services of 268 waste pickers in southern Brazil...
Summary: Solid waste represents a major problem in developing countries due to the lack of regulations and inappropriate management among others, thus calling for integrated Solid Waste Management (SWM) systems as a possible solution. San Carlos, a small city in the Philippines,implemented a SWM...
An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with the study of contemporary retailing and consumption practices. Marketplaces in Euro-American contexts are currently promoted as essential elements of urban...
Abstract: This article focuses on the challenges facing organisation among the hardest-to-reach working women in the informal economy. What gives some of them the impetus and courage to organise? What is distinctive about the strategies they draw on to transcend their structurally disadvantated...
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond to economic trends, urban policies and practices, value chain dynamics, and other economic and social forces. Learn more about the Informal Economy...
Electronic newsletter from LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa) As described on LEDNA's website , LEDNA is: A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers and practitioners to work together and learn from each other. This hub gives you access...
Some waste picker organizations are interested in earning income from the sale of carbon credits in order to improve their personal and collective circumstances. However, many issues affect how realistic pursuing this source of income is for an organization. This 4-page resource examines the...
Electronic newsletter from LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa) As described on LEDNA's website , LEDNA is: A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers and practitioners to work together and learn from each other. This hub gives you access...
A blog post by Sharon Benzoni about street vendors in Ghana. Kantamanto’s back in business. Just two months ago, a field of rubble was all that remained of the large, beloved market that deals primarily in secondhand clothes imported from the U.S., Europe and China. The market, a confusing labyrinth...
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.