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This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO's Waste Picker Sector Specialist. In Spanish with English subtitles.
This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO's Waste Picker Sector Specialist. In Spanish with English subtitles.
This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO's Waste Picker Sector Specialist. In Spanish with English subtitles.
WIEGO’s Sonia Dias and Ivaneide Souza, of Redesol, discuss the importance of coaching for informal workers, especially women. In Portuguese with English subtitles.
Abstract: India’s manufacturing growth from 1989 to 2010 displays two intriguing properties: 1) a substantial fraction of absolute and net employment growth is concentrated in informal tradable industries, and 2) much of this growth is connected to the development of one-person establishments. This...
About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because many informal jobs are low paid and there is little job security. This brief looks at whether and how the budget of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly provides...
The international standards concerning a statistical definition of informal employment and concerning statistics of employment in the informal sector provide considerable flexibility in applying the definitions in different national settings. Using a statistical approach, this paper shows that some...
In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion (approximately US$3.5 billion). This brief looks at how the revenue, allocations, and expenditure in the eThekwini municipal budget affect informal workers in...
"...reducing informality is often seen as a central objective of tax reform. But precise definitions of informality, as set out for instance by the International Labour Organization (2013), are based on labor and enterprise regulation rather than on tax considerations. So thinking in terms of...
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.