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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Size and Significance of the Informal Economy

    In many cities in developing countries, informal employment accounts for the majority of employment. Data analysis suggests that informal...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO MBO Newsletter December 2013

    WIEGO’s December 2013 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers  

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Lettre d’Information OBA de WIEGO mars 2015

    Une newsletter de WIEGO aux organisations de travailleurs informels basées sur leurs adhérents (OBA), mars 2015

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Bulletin d’information – WIEGO dans le Monde, Janvier 2017

    Ce numéro du bulletin décrit les activités de WIEGO entre Juillet et Décembre 2016. Les sujets traités comprennent la délégation de WIEGO...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Garment Makers

    Booklet entitled Self-Employed Women: A Profile of SEWA’s Membership. The booklet features a write-up on the garment workers among SEWA’s...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Our Story Our Struggle: Lagos Tailors

    This booklet emerged out of discussions in a workshop with representatives of the National Union of Tailors, Lagos. The workshop was facilitated...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Robert Neuwirth: The Power of the Informal Economy

    TED Summary:Robert Neuwirth spent four years among the chaotic stalls of street markets, talking to pushcart hawkers and gray marketers,...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para OBM diciembre 2013

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para Organizaciones con Base de Miembros (OBM), diciembre 2013

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    SLIDESHOW with AUDIO: Chindhiwalli Women

    This talking album, Chindhiwalli Women: A community of migrant women barters old clothes for utensils in Mumbai, was created by Dipti Bapat, ...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Bangladesh leather industry exposes workers to toxic hazards

    From PBS NewsHour: “Rotting animal hides and toxic chemicals. That’s the stench emanating from a neighborhood in Bangladesh’s...

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