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Issues in Measuring “Non-Standard Work”

Presentation for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries: Welcoming Remarks

Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries October 31- November 1, 2008 John F. Kennedy School of Government 79 John F Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, USA

Waste Pickers Without Frontiers

Chris Bonner

Street Trade in Africa: A Review

Caroline Skinner

Despite the advances in modern retailing, millions of people throughout the world still make their living partly or wholly through selling goods on the streets. This is particularly the case in Africa. This paper collates and synthesizes existing knowledge about these vending activities on the...

Measuring Informal Employment in Transition Countries

Sabine Bernabè

Note prepared for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Informal Workers in Focus: Domestic Workers

WIEGO

This fact sheet offers information on the forces that cause women to become domestic workers, how many there are globally, their wages and the particular problems they face. It also explores issues relating to migrant workers and child labour in domestic work, and the demands domestic workers have...