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Financing a sustainable urban future requires governments to shift their focus from taxing the informal economy to providing urban infrastructure, high-quality public services and inclusive urban design. At the same time, governments would do well to focus their tax collection efforts on the wealthy...
COVID-19 and the steps taken by the Government to prevent its spread had significant adverse impacts on employment in India. This brief is based on data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey, an annual survey with provision for quarterly estimates conducted by the National Sample Survey Office of...
Principais conclusões: Experiências com eventos climáticos sérios : Muitas catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis (91%) vivenciaram, pelo menos, um evento relacionado às mudanças climáticas no ano anterior. 85% relataram ter experimentado calor anormal ou ondas de calor e 39% relataram ter...
Despite their essential contributions to society and high exposure to the virus, workers are often excluded from vaccine drives. A closer look at seven countries shows how worker organizations have secured vaccine access for their members over the past two years.
A new scheme for financing social protection for gig workers in Rajasthan, India, could provide lessons for other informal economy workers. WIEGO spoke to social activist Nikhil Dey to learn more.
The weekly markets of Delhi have historically served a critical economic and cultural function. Moving markets that are set up in different locations on different days of the week, these markets provide a source of employment for a large number of vendors in the city. Weekly markets are integral to...
From 2022 to 2023, WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, led an exploratory climate-change mapping with waste pickers in Brazil. This Policy Brief presents the key findings, which include: Experiences of severe weather events...
This brief examines data on employment in Mexico and analyzes the changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the associated restrictions and economic downturn. Between the first quarters of 2020 and 2021, 2.1 million jobs were lost in Mexico, of which the vast majority were informal: 76 per cent...
Key Points The institutionalization of social dialogue is an important step towards more just regulation of informal vending, but alone it does not ensure that outcome. In addition to seeking venues for formal participation within state decisionmaking, street vendors’ organizations should maintain a...
Date: September 12th, 2023 Time: 9:00 EDT | 14:00 BST | 16:00 EAT | 18:30 IST Register to attend! Urban planning plays a crucial role in creating services and infrastructure that support the needs and well-being of young children and their families. Cities present important challenges for the...
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.