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Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper, No. 75
Summary available in English here .
Summary of PhD Thesis by Sonia Maria Dias. Full thesis available in Portuguese here .
This chapter about informal employment is part of a larger report, Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Employment .
Intuition and common sense suggest that recycling waste mitigates greenhouse gases. Now, data from all over the developed world shows this to be true. But what about the developing world? Almost 1% of the population in cities of the developing world is made up of recyclers, mostly informal and...
National Background Paper- The case of SYRIA
Master’s thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Seminar for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Cambridge, MA, 31 October - 1 November 2008
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.