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From the OUP website: "The volume emphasizes the need to rethink cities and to imagine a better urban future by providing the reader with diverse perspectives on urbanization such as the changing economic landscape, city competitiveness, entrepreneurship, inclusion, informality, sustainability, and...
Aba is a politically volatile, economically vibrant but environmentally poor city that is a microcosm of social conditions in the Nigerian urban informal economy. Hence, this study interrogates the social sustainability of waste picking in the city, using a hybrid of political economy and...
Synopsis: By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double todays 5 million, living longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society must learn to value the care of our elders. The...
Esta Nota técnica hace un breve recuento de las luchas encabezadas por la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá para lograr reconocimiento a la labor de los recicladores y su inclusión en los sistemas de manejo de residuos, así como un análisis de política pública detallado sobre el contenido del...
The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization agenda that erodes both the public sector and the rights of workers employed within it. This paper critically analyses innovative approaches to...
The present report contains the results of research conducted between May and November 2014 for the EFFAT project “Promote industrial relations in the domestic work sector in Europe”. The report is available in English, French, and German. Related booklets (Domestic Workers in Europe Getting...
Le présent rapport expose les résultats des recherches réalisées entre mai et novembre 2014 pour le projet EFFAT intitulé « Promouvoir les relations industrielles dans le secteur du travail domestique en Europe ». Le rapport est disponible en anglais, français et allemand. Livrets associés (Les...
This working paper outlines how casual workers ended labour broking in the South African Postal Office (SAPO). There is now acute awareness of the explosive nature of SAPO’s industrial relations and an increasing understanding that at its root is the problem of casual workers. This perception is...
The article discusses this hypothesis by examining the evolution of spatial politics on the streets of Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD) in the 2000s, focusing on a specific episode: the displacement of the street traders to an enclosed market located on the outskirts of the CBD. The first...
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.