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This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. Abstract: Limited availability of workfare programs, limited unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the Argentine labor market at the outset of the 2001/02...
This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. Abstract: Public disclosure of labor conditions has been suggested as one way to encourage compliance with labor law and improvements in working conditions. Analyzing labor law compliance...
This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. Abstract: This paper attempts to estimate the causal effect of government enforcement on compliance with minimum wages in South Africa, a country where considerable non-compliance exists...
This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. Abstract: The effect of corruption on FDI is analysed. Using FDI outflows from a sample of East European transition economies that had virtually no outward FDI before 1995, FDI flows are...
This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. Abstract: The informal sector accounts for a major share of African economies' GDP, employment and firms. Most national surveys of the sector focus on informal employment rather than the...
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Abstract: PeThere is consensus within South African society that black entrepreneurship needs to become a more widespread phenomenon. To achieve this aim, it may be helpful to know more about existing black entrepreneurial ventures. Mainly based on a survey of 90 entrepreneurs in a South African...
In the first of a series of articles on urban livelihoods focused on inclusive urban planning for the working poor produced through a collaboration of Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) and The Global Urbanist , Caroline Skinner demonstrates the significance of the world...
Conference Summary Report from an International Conference on Social Protection and Gender, held with social protection officials and civil society representatives from countries in the Southern African Development Community. Francie Lund, Director of WIEGO's Social Protection Program, contributed...
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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.