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In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited education and skills. Moreover, waste picking is increasingly recognized as making a valuable contribution to global environmental efforts and the development of...
This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers. The author is Legal Specialist on Working Conditions, TRAVAIL. More information about the series is available on the ILO website, here .
Mémoire Master Éthique et Développement Durable, Faculté de Philosophie de Lyon
A publication of the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
This paper uses aggregate-level data, as well as case-studies, to trace the evolution of some key structural features of the Indian economy, relating both to the agricultural and the informal industrial sector. These aggregate trends are used to infer (a) the dominant relations of production under...
Other publications about solid waste management and the informal sector
Notes and discussions and decisions taken at meeting on Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in China and India, in Delhi, india 22-23 April, 2011.
Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
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.