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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...
Review of the development and early stages of adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers. Resource is subscription only.
Discusses the challenges of using international law to protect the rights of precariously-employed migrant workers. The author concludes that a major challenge of using international law is its emphasis on the state as sovereign, which often precludes international intervention that effectively...
Trade liberalisation is increasingly promoted and regulated through regional, bilateral or unilateral trade arrangements. In recent years some of these arrangements have provided for sanctions in the case of non-compliance with the labour standards included in the agreement. This link between trade...
Abstract: This article argues that the preponderance of market intermediaries is driven by two imprimaturs. The first relates to the global shift in relations of production characterised by outsourcing, subcontracting and casualisation of labour, which in developing countries is associated with...
The rights of labour have been described as “claims of reciprocity for the reality of being labour”. For over 12 million unemployed South Africans the possibility of labour is denied, and those who labour informally increasingly enjoy limited “claims of reciprocity” despite wide-reaching labour and...
One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes the escalating growth of informal economic activities, among which are home-based enterprises (HBEs) in urban residential neighborhoods. This type of informal...
This paper uses the case of Uganda’s capital Kampala to explore how political configurations overturn structures of city governance, with particular attention to the increasing engagement between President Museveni and particular groups of informal workers. The researchers present empirical research...
This paper assesses the economic efficiency of a public-private community partnership in urban solid waste management in Dhaka City. Based on a successful pilot program at the micro level in a Dhaka City suburb, the paper builds a macro model for the city and provides an economic analysis of its...
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.