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This briefing note discusses how the changes introduced in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) will affect (a) how the informal sector and informal employment are or can be defined for analysis purposes, and (b) comparability of estimates based on QLFS data with earlier estimates based on...
This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Ghana. The statistics are based on analysis of the Ghana Living Standard Survey of 2006, conducted by Ghana Statistical Service. This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series . View list of...
This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya. The statistics are based on analysis of the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey of 2004/6, conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (at that time called Central Bureau of...
This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in South Africa. The statistics are based on analysis of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) conducted in the second quarter of 2010 by Statistics South Africa. This brief is part of the WIEGO...
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series . View list of all WIEGO briefs .
Details of the MDG3-funded Fair Trade project in Kenya.
Details of the MDG3-funded Fair Trade project in Uganda
Details of the MDG3-funded Fair Trade project in Tanzania
From the introduction: This paper reports on analysis of data from Namibia’s 2008 Labour Force Survey (LFS) so as to describe and compare informal and formal employment in the country. The paper is based on an understanding of informal employment which goes beyond the traditional concept of...
Presentation from the Cape Town conference on research on the informal economy
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.