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The aim of this article is to identify some of the difficult areas in researching the South African social security system, and to offer suggestions as to the kind of further research that is needed to improve our understanding over time. The article starts with a brief ‘tour’ through some of the...
Abstract: Information about occupational health in the informal sector is lacking, despite its growing contribution to employment. The author describes a survey of occupational health in urban and rural informal-sector workers in Zimbabwe. Common hazards included poor work organization, poor hygiene...
Abstract: This article examines the relationship between street vendors and the state in Mexico City in the early 1990s. As a result of neoliberal policies, an increasing number of people started to look for livelihoods in the informal economy. Faced by clampdowns and state offensives the street...
Abstract: The economic reforms of the 1990s have deprioritised the agricultural sector and also diverted attention away from scholarly concerns about agrarian transformation. Some the reform rhetoric can be shown openly to confront the interests of the mass of agricultural producers. This paper...
Abstract: This paper takes a careful look at resistance to eviction in Bangkok slum communities. When an unstable parliamentary regime replaced military authoritarian rule in 1973, new tactics of resistance to eviction emerged. These innovative tactics were developed to take advantage of the new...
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.