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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. Learn more about the Informal Economy...
Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is an innovative attempt to extend social protection to informal workers, and, as such, it may hold important policy lessons for other countries where the informal economy is large and growing and where informal workers are excluded from existing...
Over the past three decades informal workers, mainly in the global South and their organizations have joined and launched global networks of solidarity, advocacy and militancy. This paper reviews several key differences in some five of the largest global and transnational networks of informal...
This research uses a fresh perspective to trace the impact of multiple economic, financial and environmental shocks on slum-dwellers in the South Indian city of Chennai from November 2008 to May 2009. It examines the effects of a concatenation of events scaled from the global to the local...
"This report aims to empower consumers to purchase ethically while encouraging companies to ensure that the workers that produce the products they sell are protected and not harmed, that they are rewarded, not exploited and that they work free from the tyranny of modern slavery."
This paper is an introduction to informal labor; the politico-territorial characteristics of street vendor commerce in the city of Sao Paolo; the advocacy of the Gaspar Garcia Center for legal and political support for workers; construction of a new arc of alliances allied with the municipal workers...
A report about the number of Kenyan youth joining the informal economy because of the high unemployment rate in the country. A related blog post is also available.
Coordenação - Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-Oeste Norte Sudeste Sul
From the Executive Summary: "A major barrier to provide social health protection in many low and middle-income countries is reaching informal workers and their families. Governments struggle to identify individuals, enrol them and collect premiums. These are functions that HMI [Health Microinsurance...
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.