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Abstract: This Policy Dialogue compares two very different conceptions of the informal economy that are prominent internationally: a market-based approach and a rights-based approach. It reflects upon the policy implications of adopting one perspective or the other, and argues that the terms...
The challenge of urban deprivation and exclusion in the urban South has given rise to varied and shifting policies and ideas. Two sets of ideas have gained great currency in recent years in international policy and academic circles. The Legal Empowerment of the Poor approach, rooted in neoliberal...
Summary from Chintan: Waste-to-Energy (WtE), the process of creating energy from waste, has gained broad appeal domestically and internationally with programs such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) providing funding for many WtE projects across the world. In India alone, 31 such facilities...
Domestic workers are critical to the US economy. They help families meet many of the most basic physical, emotional, and social needs of the young and the old. They help to raise those who are learning to be fully contributing members of our society. They provide care and company for those whose...
Selected ILO Conventions and Recommendations that promote Gender Equality as of 2012. Information about ordering hard copies is on the ILO site, here .
This study deals with the scavengers and their role in the recycling of waste in southern Lahore. The estimated total amount of recyclable material recovered by all the scavengers working in the area is about 525 tons per month, which generates an income of $30,875 per month. Despite their low...
This study aims to produce a, clear portrait of working conditions in the seaweed farming industry in Zanzibar from a worker perspective. Its main objectives are: to provide current information on the seaweed farming industry in Zanzibar from a workers perspective, with a particular emphasis on...
This report contains the findings of the 2010 labour force survey and the related suvey of informal sector enterprises. The surveys were carried out by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics with the technical assistance of with the Asian Development Bank. The topics on which data are reported include...
From the book's preface: The current volume discusses the very different experiences of trade unions with governments they had mobilized to vote for. It shows that winning elections is not enough, and that real Labour in the global South change also requires a movement that has the strength and...
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.