Global Supply Chains/Global Trade

Globalization, Social Exclusion and Work: With Special Reference to Informal Employment and Gender

Policy Integration Department, Working Paper, No. 20

Women in the Informal Sector: A Global Picture, the Global Movement

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Informal Transport: A Global Perspective

Informal transport services—paratransit-type services provided without official sanction—can often be difficult to rationalize from a public...

The Informal Sector in Ghana

Overview of the informal sector in Ghana, with a focus on domestic workers, street vendors, and head porters

From Local to Global and Informal to Formal: Entering Mainstream Markets

Why Earn Less? Gender-based Factors Affecting the Earning of Self-Employed Women in Turkey

Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade

This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...

Globalization and the Informal Economy: How Global Trade and Investment Impact on the Working Poor

This paper examines the impact of globalization on those who work in the informal economy, with a special emphasis on women workers and producers. ...

Fair and Ethical Trade: An Explanation

This resource is a technical guide, commissioned by WIEGO. A single, technical and universally accepted definition of Fair Trade has been...

Cooperativa Recicla Ourinhos (English)

Recicla Ourinhos is a cooperative whose 80 members are contracted by the municipality to provide services for collection, assessment, improvement...