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The WIEGO Working Paper Series features research, particularly policy-relevant research, that makes a contribution to existing knowledge about the informal economy. The series includes statistical profiles of informal employment and critical analysis of data collection and classification methods...
WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO's database of social protection responses to the pandemic, as well as the trends and changes in the Social Protection for Informal Workers landscape, in order to support movements in...
WIEGO Resource Documents include our literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, and papers that reflect the findings from new empirical work. They provide details to support advocacy, policy, or research on specific issues. Musiitwa, Moses and John Mark Mwanika, David Musoke, Annie Devenish and...
Our MBO (Membership-based Organization) Newsletter series has been revived, with a new format featuring shorter and more focused stories.
Remote position - Home-Based Location, based in Africa or Latin America About WIEGO Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global network focused on securing livelihoods for the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy. We believe all workers should have...
Statistics on the size, composition, contribution, and other dimensions of the informal economy are needed to inform economic and social policies. The first-ever global estimates on the size of informal employment, published by the ILO in 2018 , show 61% of all workers are informally employed. That...
Individual Members of WIEGO are drawn from two constituencies: researchers, statisticians or academics who study the informal economy professionals in development agencies who work on issues related to the informal economy. See also Institutional Members of WIEGO Current Individual Members of WIEGO...
WIEGO's Board of Directors has members from each of WIEGO's constituencies.
WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme (ORP) supports organizations of workers in the informal economy to build their organizational and leadership capacity, and to connect and align with allies as they fight to improve the working conditions and livelihoods of their members.
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.