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This report presents statistics and trends on home-based workers in Pakistan, based on data from the Labour Force Survey for two points in time 2005-06 and 2008-09. This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series . View list of all WIEGO briefs .
This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) through the Employment-Unemployment Surveys in 1999-00, 2004-05 and 2011-12. This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication...
This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition. It is based on analysis of the unit level datasets of the Nepal Labour Force Survey (NLFS), 2008 made available by the Central Bureau of Statistics...
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond to economic trends, urban policies and practices, value chain dynamics, and other economic and social forces. In Durban, WIEGO partnered with Asiye eTafuleni...
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond to economic trends, urban policies and practices, value chain dynamics, and other economic and social forces. In Durban, WIEGO partnered with Asiye eTafuleni...
City Report (English) Executive Summary (English) Sumário Executivo (português) Resumen Ejecutivo (español) The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect conditions of work in...
This report examines street vending in Durban, South Africa. The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) seeks to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect conditions of work in the informal economy over time in 10 cities. Three...
In recent years, there has been an effort to clearly define informality along two axes, the legal status of the enterprise, that is, the informal sector, on one hand, and the job status of the worker, that is, informal employment, on the other. However, we argue that a strict duality of definitions...
This study deals with the issue of employment vulnerability in the urban labour market in India. Vulnerability in the labour market has been defined with the help of various dimensions of employment such as size of the employment at the firm, place of work, type of work contract, and eligibility for...
The labour market in India is segmented into the formal and informal sectors, with the informal sector being further heterogeneous. This study estimates the returns to education in different segments of the labour market in urban India by using primary data collected in two cities—Delhi and Ranchi...
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.