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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Delhi, India
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...
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Research ReportsCOVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Durban, South Africa
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...
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ProjectCoping in Crisis: South African Workers’ Lives in COVID-19
Background There is widespread recognition, both internationally and in South Africa, that the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have...
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Books & Book ChaptersCOVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Ahmedabad, India
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...
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Research ReportsCOVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...
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Worker StoryThe Art of Recovery: A Johannesburg Reclaimer’s Story
Ernestine Mohloboli, a former artist who now makes a living collecting waste in Johannesburg, has long been a proponent of organizing reclaimers....
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Worker StoryView from the Mountain: A South African Waste Picker’s Uphill Battle during COVID-19
When COVID-19 hit, it was South African waste picker Justina Kgoele’s resourcefulness that got her through the worst of the crisis....
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PageCOVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: City Fact Sheets
City Fact Sheets: 1 – Accra (Ghana) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery...
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PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study January 21, 2021Trois exemples de l’importance des voix des travailleuse·eur·s pendant la crise de la COVID-19
Soixante pour cent de la population occupée dans le monde est constituée de travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel. Leurs voix sont cruciales pour...
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ReportLas personas trabajadoras en empleo informal y la respuesta de protección social a la COVID-19: ¿Quién recibió medidas de alivio? ¿Cómo? ¿Marcaron la diferencia?
La crisis de la COVID-19 y la Economía informal Conclusiones principales y recomendaciones de políticas relativas a los subsidios en efectivo...
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