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This open-access book, edited by Martha Chen and Françoise Carré, brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy. It is the culmination of 20 years of pioneering work by WIEGO and calls for a paradigm shift in...
Reshaping our systems of inclusive recycling is important, with waste pickers an essential part of Brazil’s economy, write Sonia Dias, Ricardo Abussafy, Juliana Gonçalves and João Pedro Martins. This overview looks at the functioning of cooperatives of waste pickers during COVID-19, the impact on...
This statistical snapshot of India's home-based workers offers data on the size of this workforce, age, sex, type of industry and more. Data presented in this brief are from the 2017-18 Periodic Labour Force Survey and the 2011-12 and 2004-2005 Surveys of Employment and Unemployment. All are...
This Brief provides statistics on the informal economy and categories of informal workers in Mexico. The data in this brief are based on the second quarter of the 2013 and 2019 Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo (ENOE), a quarterly survey of the National Statistical Institute of Mexico, INEGI.
Le présent rapport s’articule autour du système formel de gestion des déchets, et le diagnostic du système par les acteurs s’appuie sur l’analyse des éléments suivants : (I) le contexte géographique de la décharge de Mbeubeuss (II), le profil des récupératrice.eur.s (III) l’environnement de travail...
Women workers in vulnerable employment have been the first to lose incomes and will be among the last to recover, write Rachel Moussié and Silke Staab in this UN Women blog. They offer a snapshot of how the health and economic crisis is impacting women workers and detail three priorities that...
SEWA Bharat – the All India Federation of Self-employed Women’s Associations – has published the results of a phone survey it conducted in April with 300 members in India. The resulting report details how the India-wide lockdown to prevent COVID-19 spread has impacted women’s incomes, savings...
El objetivo del presente documento es ofrecer un panorama general de la situación en la que las personas recicladoras que laboran en el ámbito informal de la economía efectúan su actividad de sustento con el fin de brindar herramientas jurídicas para proteger sus derechos humanos a la luz de los...
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.