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Abstract: This paper explores what we have learnt about how to instigate, negotiate or otherwise secure pro-poor government in towns and cities of the global South. With competition for scarce resources, the processes of urban development, and specifically the acquisition of land and basic services...
Background from the paper: "Governments across the world try to reduce the size of the informal sector, because of many negative aspects that are associated with informal enterprises both at macro and micro level, e.g. poor labour conditions, a poor tax basis and poor coverage of social protection...
This brief reviews cultural, economic, political and other broad social foundations of vending in Bangkok's public space. It also examines opportunities and challenges and what others can learn from the specific experiences of vending in Bangkok. 2017 Update to Policy Brief (Urban Policies) No. 16...
This brief aims at reviewing the possibility of measuring income from employment with existing sources, in particular, assessing the feasibility and accuracy of combining the employment data of labour force surveys and the income data of household income and expenditure surveys. The analysis is...
Recyclable materials pickers have been sorting through garbage and transforming it into usable commodities for a long time in many places across the globe.
Abstract: Decentralized governance has enjoyed limited success in promoting popular livelihoods and political voice among informal actors. Explanations have tended to focus on sources of disempowerment from above, where informal collective action is overwhelmed or sidelined by more powerful...
Women in Informal Economy: Globalizing and Organizing & Inclusive Cities [ en español ] Sunday, 6 April 10:00-10:45 a.m. WUF Cinema Room Film Screening with Presentation: Chronicle of a Fight for Inclusion WIEGO/Inclusive Cities Event This film shows organized waste pickers’ promptly taking action...
Mujeres en Empleo Informal: Globalizando y Organizando & Ciudades Inclusivas Eventos [ English version ] Domingo, 6 de abril 10:00-10:45 Sala de Proyecciones del FUM Proyección y presentación del video “Crónicas de una lucha por la inclusión” Mujeres en Empleo Informal: Globalizando y Organizando &...
From the website: Divine is the only fairtrade chocolate company which is owned by its cocoa farmers. While Fairtrade ensures farmers receive a better deal for their cocoa and additional income to invest in their community, company ownership gives farmers a share of Divine’s profits and a stronger...
From the website: Behind the widely-recognised Fairtrade logo, is the human reality of what Fairtrade is doing. People buy Fairtrade food products because they feel that by doing so they are helping farmers in developing countries, but usually this remains an abstract concept.
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.