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Um Boletim WIEGO para as Organizações de Base de Trabalhadores Informais, agosto 2013 Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Lire cette lettre d'information en français . Ler o boletim em português .
A blog post by Sharon Benzoni street vendors selling water sachets in Accra, Ghana. To learn more about the Rockefeller Foundation's Informal City Dialogues project, click here
A blog post by Sharon Benzoni about street vendors selling electronics in Accra, Ghana. To learn more about the Rockefeller Foundation's Informal City Dialogues project, click here .
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...
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...
Informal City Dialogues - Vendors Squeeze a Profit Out of Office Workers Seeking Chemical-Free Juice
A blog post by Witchaya Pruecksamars about street vendors in Bangkok, Thailand. To learn more about the Rockefeller Foundation's Informal City Dialogues project, click here .
A blog post by Manuel Vigo about an unusual market in Lima, Peru. The market, like many in Lima, has become a hub for all types of commerce, and provides a place for many informal vendors to gather and seamlessly integrate with the formal world. Learn more about the Rockefeller Foundation's Informal...
Warwick Junction's First Aiders challenge myths about informal workers. Read this post by Laura Alfers and Phumzile Xulu on the Asiye eTafuleni blog.
Student Dissertation - Street traders face various barriers including societal marginalization and pervasive poverty, threatening their well-being. The scarcity of occupational therapy literature around informal economy occupations limits the profession’s understanding about what engagement in such...
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.