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This paper examines inequality in the domain of work with a specific focus on informal work. It explores the relationship between informal employment, income poverty and income inequality, featuring national data dis-aggregated in telling ways, as well as grounded research findings, and brings in...
El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud e higiene en sus labores, su organización gremial, los riesgos que enfrentan de perder el acceso a los residuos que constituyen su medio de sustento, la...
Carr Centre Discussion Paper Abstract: Following the Rana Plaza factory fires four years ago, the labour rights violations in global supply chains, and indeed the governance of global supply chains, has become a pressing global issue. This paper evaluates key existing global and national supply...
Extending social protection to informal workers, most of whom are excluded from social protection, has become increasingly urgent as the global informal economy continues to grow. This Briefing Note provides an overview of current social protection debates and issues from an informal worker...
Extender la protección social a quienes trabajan en empleo informal, en su mayoría excluidos de cualquier protección social, se ha vuelto cada vez más urgente conforme la economía informal mundial sigue creciendo. Esta Nota informativa ofrece una visión general de los debates actuales y demás...
Étendre la protection sociale aux travailleuses et travailleurs de l'informel, qui pour la plupart sont exclus de toute protection sociale, devient de plus en plus urgent alors que l’économie informelle mondiale continue de croître. Cette note d'information fournit un aperçu des débats en cours et d...
Increasing numbers of workers across the world experience eroding work related to social protection and those who ‘do’ social policy see this part of society only as citizens, or ‘poor and vulnerable and marginalized people rather than informal workers. The SP programme developed a framework that...
This toolkit is designed to assist city officials and other local authorities to adopt an inclusive approach to managing public space that considers the livelihood activities and needs of the urban informal workforce. This toolkit draws on the research and advocacy work of the global research–action...
The Discussion Paper opens with a brief overview of academic discourse and policy debates on public space. Section II presents recent statistical data and research findings on the size and composition of the urban informal workforce. Section III details the exclusionary practices of many cities...
This World Resources Institute (WRI) paper examines the challenges facing the world’s urban informal workers and the barriers that exclusionary cities pose to informal livelihoods. This is the fourth paper in WRI’s flagship World Resources Report, “Towards a More Equal City.” Through a focus on home...
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.