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The challenge of urban deprivation and exclusion in the urban South has given rise to varied and shifting policies and ideas. Two sets of ideas have gained great currency in recent years in international policy and academic circles. The Legal Empowerment of the Poor approach, rooted in neoliberal...
This study aims to produce a, clear portrait of working conditions in the seaweed farming industry in Zanzibar from a worker perspective. Its main objectives are: to provide current information on the seaweed farming industry in Zanzibar from a workers perspective, with a particular emphasis on...
Abstract: This paper examines the impact of informal sector on employment generation in Nigeria during the period 1970 to 2010 making use of annual time series data. The empirical analysis rests on the augmented Solow growth analytical framework. Our findings show that informal sector activities...
This research paper is part of the Development and Labour Monograph Series .
Abstract: This article argues that the preponderance of market intermediaries is driven by two imprimaturs. The first relates to the global shift in relations of production characterised by outsourcing, subcontracting and casualisation of labour, which in developing countries is associated with...
The rights of labour have been described as “claims of reciprocity for the reality of being labour”. For over 12 million unemployed South Africans the possibility of labour is denied, and those who labour informally increasingly enjoy limited “claims of reciprocity” despite wide-reaching labour and...
From a news article by The World Bank about this paper: "The labor market in Cameroon is characterized by a large informal sector, low-paying jobs, and low productivity due partly to the fact that the education system is not geared toward meeting the needs of the jobs market. These are key...
One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes the escalating growth of informal economic activities, among which are home-based enterprises (HBEs) in urban residential neighborhoods. This type of informal...
This report contains findings from a four-year research project on occupational health and safety (OHS) and informal workers. The report focuses on domestic workers in Brazil and Tanzania. Undertaken in 2009 by WIEGO's Social Protection Programme, the OHS project's aim was to encourage new thinking...
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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.