Global Research

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...

The Pandemic is Not Over

The rhetoric of an easing COVID-19 pandemic obscures the array of occupational health and safety risks that the world’s informal workers...

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...

World Bank’s Push for Individual Savings Provides Little Protection for Crisis-hit Workers

A recently launched report by the World Bank that provides guidance on how to expand Social Protection for the Informal Economy in Africa...

Social Protection for Self-Employed Informal Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rights-based assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis

Informal workers make up a large proportion of the “missing middle” in social protection – those who are not considered vulnerable enough...

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...

International Women’s Day 2022

For International Women’s Day, WIEGO looks at the foundation that women leaders of worker organizations have laid during the pandemic...