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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand the nature of worker vulnerabilities in this market, as well as the economic conditions that have contributed to the growth of day labor. The conclusion...
Abstract: The City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Department's (CCTSWMD) design of a more formal, integrated and sustainable waste management system is being pursued at the expense of the poor and marginalised. The city's waste management policy aims to improve waste management technology and...
La Revista Académica de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad La Salle, es un texto con rigor científico que tiene por objeto abordar temas de frontera en el área del Derecho y las Relaciones Internacionales.
Waste—its generation, collection and disposal—is a major global challenge in the 21st century. This is the lead article of the special issue on Waste of Revista .
Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first paycheck was a huge victory after more than twenty years of legal and political struggles—proof of the power of committed partnerships between academics and...
The report on Employment Relationships and Working Conditions in an IKEA Rattan Supply Chain aims to contribute to the global debate and efforts to promote ethical, and sustainable, and gender-sensitive supply chains and decent work. The report presents the findings on the characteristics...
Abstract: The World Migration Report 2015: Migrants and Cities, New Partnerships to Manage Mobility ─ the eighth report in IOM’s World Migration Report (WMR) series ─ focuses on how migration and migrants are shaping cities and how the life of migrants is shaped by cities, their people...
The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. Small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs in Nigeria are faced with everyday corruption practised by both Nigerian authorities and ordinary Nigerian people...
From the Executive Summary: "The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO) entrust this study to the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to understand the employment conditions of wageworkers and self-employed professionals in Navi Mumbai, particularly in the...
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.