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Master Dissertation – Master in Development Studies, Graduate Institute, Geneva Abstract In the waste dump of Mbeubeuss in Senegal, waste pickers are informal workers who collect and sort materials for a living. This vulnerable population is exposed to various risks in terms of health, from diseases...
A research report submitted to the School of Architecture and Planning in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Masters in Urban Studies (MUS).
From the abstract - "I review relevant literature on street trading management, and develop criteria for assessing the City of Cape Town’s street trading management approach. These criteria are linked to Lefebvre’s (1968) and Fainstein’s (2010) concepts of ‘the right to the city’ and ‘the just city’...
This research is done for the partial fulfilment of requirements for the Master of Science degree at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands.
"The ever rising mounts of trash that Beijing produces and disposes of as far away from the city as possible will sooner or later pose a problem that authorities won’t be able to ignore." Student papers posted on WIEGO's website have not been commissioned, vetted or otherwise approved by WIEGO. They...
From the introduction to this thesis: "Bhav is a project for developing a business with socio-economic impact. The project highlights how a right amalgamation of business model, skills and resources can create a driving force for social and economical uplift of small villages in developing countries...
Abstract: As the informal recycling sector closes the gap where formal systems (run by private enterprises or public utilities) cannot provide waste collection, processing and recycling services to a sufficient extent, informals have to be considered as an integral part of the existing systems. As...
Abstract: The dissertation explores the interplay between government, informal street traders and the public in and around the Congolenses marketplace in Luanda, Angola. The nation was ravaged by 27 years of civil war until 2002. During this time most of the city made use of extensive systems of...
Abstract: There are over 1.7 billion people worldwide working in the informal economy, (Jutting & De Laiglesia, 2009). In South African over 2 million individuals work in this part of the economy, where the majority operate in informal retail. Many traders operate at transport interchanges due to...
Abstract: This dissertation provides new individual-level evidence of the labour market decisions made by an important but little studied segment of the labour market: industrial homeworkers. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods with data from unconventional sources, it tells us about...
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.