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Le droit est essentiel pour l'amélioration des vies et des moyens de subsistance. Les cadres juridiques, cependant, sont élaborés pour l'économie formelle. Trop souvent, les lois échouent à protéger et à soutenir les travailleurs et travailleuses de l'économie informelle. Au lieu de cela, la...
From the IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) Urban newsletter: "The urban newsletter is produced every two months by IIED's human settlements group. Updates focus on urban poverty, climate change in cities and rural-urban linkages."
Waste picker news from around the world in GAIA's February 2017 newsletter. Find additional information about GAIA here .
This newsletter from the International Institute for Environment and Development includes information about IIED’s artisanal and small-scale mining work in Ghana, Tanzania, and Madagascar.
Description: This website is an overview of the most important ILO policy resources and tools – grouped by category (wages, working time, social protection, collective bargaining, migrant domestic workers, labour inspection...).
This newsletter from the International Institute for Environment and Development details IIED's participation during the second week of the 2016 UNFCCC climate change summit in Marrakech (COP22). Another issue is available from the first week of COP22 .
This social protection newsletter from the ILO includes links to current news, data, recent publications, and other resources concerning social protection.
This newsletter from the International Institute for Environment and Development details IIED's participation at the 2016 UNFCCC climate change summit in Marrakech (COP22). Another issue is available from the second week of COP22 .
The website explains that "this discussion will consider how cities can use spatial planning as a means to social integration, and how legal and policy frameworks can make justice and inclusion integral to urban planning and the housing development process."
Description from World Bank: "“A Toolkit for Informality Scenario Analysis” is a spreadsheet-based toolkit that allows researchers and practitioners to project the size of formal and informal labor in almost 100 countries yearly until 2030. The projections are based on the model presented in Loayza...
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.