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The D.I.Y. Disaster Plan: How Informal Networks Battled Bangkok’s Worst Flood is a blog post by Dustin Roasa. "The 2011 Bangkok floods were the worst natural disaster in Thai history. Hundreds died, millions were affected and the monetary toll reached the tens of billions. But the outcome could have...
How Cities Can Get Rid of Slums By Supporting Them is a blog post by William Cobbett. "In a guest blog post, William Cobbett, Manager of the Cities Alliance, argues that cities can eliminate slums is by getting behind the people who live in them."
Hope and Skepticism as Ghana Finally Adopts an Urban Policy is a blog post by Sharon Benzoni. "Five years in the making, Ghana’s new Urban Framework could benefit the country’s informal realm if it’s successfully implemented."
Can a Party for the Urban Poor Rise in the Philippines? is a blog post by Purple Romero. "If you want a political party to fight for you, you’ve got to fight for them.That’s the philosophy that gets Maritess Nedera pounding the pavement every night. Her workday begins when she rises at 7 a.m...
"This is a beautifully crafted, path-breaking study that upends conventional wisdom about the relentless demise of labor movements. Agarwala's lucid analysis of the ways in which precariously employed informal workers in India have organized to improve their status bristles with insights on every...
Growing awareness of the size and organizational potential of informal economies in the era of globalization has triggered a profusion of research on linkages between the formal and informal economies, moving in a range of empirical and theoretical directions. This Working Paper reviews over 200...
Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)
Oxfam India working papers series, no. 17
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.