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This practical guide outlines how the right to information, a right that is broadly recognized in international law and in most countries national laws, can be used to securing livelihoods. This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series . View list of all WIEGO briefs .
This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India's poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest of the government-sponsored health care insurance programmes. Despite many positive elements of this national effort at health insurance for informal workers and...
In 2003 the Ghanaian government introduced, a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – an, innovative and large scale attempt to extend, social protection to informal workers. Ghana's NHIS may hold important policy lessons for other countries where the informal economy is large and growing, and...
No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in India and across the developing world scrabble through rubbish heaps in the streets, dumping grounds and landfills to recover recyclables in order to earn a...
This technical brief explores issues that arose before, during and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with the aim of informing the activities and interactions that organizations working with and for the working poor might engage in around major sporting events. Such major international...
After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community partnership model for street vending. The model recognized the contributions of street traders to the city, and entailed dedicated and legally sanctioned...
This guide, aimed at development donors and practitioners, seeks to improve the poverty, economic and gender impacts of agricultural value chain programmes by expanding the extent to which these address the needs and priorities of all types of workers, not just owner-managers. The guide provides...
This technical brief critically assesses land-use zoning regulations, both generally and specifically in India, with particular reference to the impact of mixed-use zoning on home-based production. It suggests both a more efficient and equitable approach to regulating land use that provides for the...
Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and social recognition of informal waste picker organizations. This brief provides an overview of the national, state and local legal frameworks concerning these...
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.