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Institute of Advanced Studies Working Paper. No. 24
Abstract: The economic reforms of the 1990s have deprioritised the agricultural sector and also diverted attention away from scholarly concerns about agrarian transformation. Some the reform rhetoric can be shown openly to confront the interests of the mass of agricultural producers. This paper...
Takemi Program on International Health Research Paper, No. 134
The report of the meeting at Rockefeller Study and Conference Centre, Bellagio, Italy, April 15-18, 1997 where the WIEGO Network was founded.
William (Biff) Steel's limerick, written for the close of the meeting in Bellagio where WIEGO was founded.
Abstract: This paper takes a careful look at resistance to eviction in Bangkok slum communities. When an unstable parliamentary regime replaced military authoritarian rule in 1973, new tactics of resistance to eviction emerged. These innovative tactics were developed to take advantage of the new...
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, No. WPS1727
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.