Urban Policies Programme

Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi

Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of...

Long Economic Covid for Informal Workers – Infographic

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วิกฤตโควิด – 19 และเศรษฐกิจนอกระบบในกรุงเทพมหานคร ประเทศไทย – ผลกระทบทย่ี ืดเยือ้ และวาระการฟื้นตัว

วิกฤตโควิด19รอบสองและขอ้ มลู เศรษฐกิจนอกระบบในกรุงเทพไดเ้ปิดเผยใหเ้ห็นว่าช่วงกลางปี2563ซ่งึ เป็นช่วงเวลาของการเปิดประเทศรอบแรก(หลงัการระบาดของโควิด19)จนถึงกลางปี2564บรรดาลกูจา้ง...

COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities: Recovery Pathways Amidst Continued Crisis

This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys...

दिल्ली, भारत में COVID-19 संकट और असंगठित क्षेत्र: चालू आर्थिक प्रभाव और असमान रिकवरी

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Bangkok, Thailand: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

This report presents the Bangkok findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that was conducted...

Informal Workers in Senegal: A Statistical Profile

In Senegal, 84 per cent of employment is informal. This brief examines six groups of informal workers who comprised over three-quarters of...

Cooperativas de catadores – colchão amortecedor contra os piores impactos da pandemia

• As cooperativas de catadores funcionaram como um colchão amortecedor para os catadores do Brasil (termo pelo qual são conhecidos no país)...

Impactos da pandemia de Covid-19 sobre a Reciclagem Inclusiva nas Cooperativas de Catadores no Brasil: Análise Comparativa 2020 – 2021

Principais Achados: As cooperativas foram rápidas na implementação dos protocolos COVID-19 nos seus galpões, conseguindo assim maior credibilidade...

Press Release: WIEGO study reveals informal workers in Accra are in crisis with no recovery and no relief: going hungry, earning less than before the pandemic

A global, multi-city study by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) has found that informal workers in Accra are...