All posts in Urban Policies Programme
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Policy Briefs
Impactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil
Principais conclusões: Experiências com eventos climáticos sérios: Muitas catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis (91%) vivenciaram,...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Weekly Markets in Delhi: A market that comes to you (Map)
The weekly markets of Delhi have historically served a critical economic and cultural function. Moving markets that are set up in different...
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Policy Briefs
Climate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil
From 2022 to 2023, WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, led an exploratory...
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Statistical Briefs
The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in Mexico, 2020-2023
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Resource Documents
Street Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities
This report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;...
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Resource Documents
Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities
Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...
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Resource Documents
Domestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six Cities
Key Findings Domestic workers’ ability to work and earn an income were negatively impacted throughout the pandemic and particularly at the...
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Policy/Position Documents
Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City
Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City WIEGO organized a dialogue on economic recovery for the informal...
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Resource Documents
Home-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities
In both mid-2020 and mid-2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households,...
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Toolkits and Guides
Guidelines and Standards for Day-Care Centres in and around Markets in Ghana
These guidelines and standards for day-care centres in and around markets in Ghana were developed through the collaborative efforts of a...
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