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A Common Vision for WIEGO’s Work with Waste Pickers

At the global and local level, and across all regions, WIEGO’s work with waste pickers pursues a common vision:

StreetNet International Press Releases

StreetNet International
Media Release:
International Workers’ Day, 1st May 2012

The WIEGO Network Overarching Concerns

WHAT is WIEGO Concerned About?

Informal Employment & Poverty

#1 Employment – or, more precisely, “decent work” – is a key pathway to poverty reduction. Yet most discussions on poverty reduction overlook the important role of employment.

StreetNet Campaigns Blog Launched

July, 2011 - StreetNet International has launched a Campaigns blog to disseminate news and events related to its three major campaigns: the New Manifesto Campaign, the World Class Cities for All Campaign in Brazil, and its several Litigation Campaigns.

The Informal Economy in Ghana: A Comparative Perspective

Conference co-hosted by Ghana Statistical Service & WIEGO, October 2005 in Accra, Ghana

The term “informal sector” was coined in Ghana in 1971 by a British anthropologist who was studying the economic activities of low-income communities in Accra. The informal economy, as it is now called and defined, is comprised of self-employment in small unregistered enterprises and wage employment in unregulated and unprotected jobs. In developing countries, informal employment comprises one half to three quarters of non-agricultural employment.

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