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El Estudio de Monitoreo de la Economía Informal (EMEI) está diseñado para ofrecer una comprensión profunda de cómo se ven afectados los trabajadores informales por las tendencias económicas, las políticas y prácticas urbanas, las dinámicas de la cadena de valor y otras fuerzas económicas y sociales...
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond to economic trends, urban policies and practices, value chain dynamics, and other economic and social forces. Learn more about the Informal Economy...
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond to economic trends, urban policies and practices, value chain dynamics, and other economic and social forces. Learn more about the Informal Economy...
This document outlines the rules and regulations that governs the placement agencies that work with domestic workers.
This labour agreement between India and Saudi Arabia, seeks to enhance cooperation on the recruitment of Domestic Service Workers, to promote mutual benefits and to secure the rights of both the workers and their employers in relation to the prevailing laws and regulations of both nations.
An Act to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending, activities and for matters connected therewith.
Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus on informal employment, and highlights the growing significance of four groups of urban informal workers: home-based workers, street vendors, domestic workers...
In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled ‘Decent work and the informal economy’ in which it stressed the need to ensure appropriate employment and income, rights at work, and effective social protection in informal economic activities. Such a call by the ILO is urgent in...
This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration benefits, gender and informality. Focusing on the important policy objective of new enterprise creation in the informal sector, it asks and answers four...
As the construction sector grows, illegal sand and granite mining can only be expected to increase. From what can be seen until now, honest officers who have taken action against the sand mafia in their respective districts in different states have either been transferred or suspended. 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.