Theme: History, Debate and Theory

Informal Sector Enterprises: Some Measurement Issues

Informal Economies

Gender and Informality in Labour Market in South Asia

Gender, Informality and Poverty: A Global Review

From the paper’s introduction: In this paper we shall argue that it is not informality per se, but the nature of work and its relation...

Urbanization and (In)formalization (Policy Research Working Paper)

Abstract: Two of the great stylized predictions of development theory, and two of the great expectations of policy makers as indicators of...

From protection to repression: the politics of street vending

Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s...

Social Protection for Home-Based Workers in Thailand

Thailand is taking steps to give people access to basic social protection, including providing universal health care and pension systems. However,...

Substitution of Animal Traction Vehicles in Bogota

In 2003, the national transit code sought to eradicate animal traction vehicles or animal pulled carts that would have affected hundreds...

Jobs and Livelihoods – a DFID Report (UK)

WIEGO was invited by ActionAid to join its panel to provide oral evidence to the UK Parliament’s Economic Development Strategy Framework...

Step-by-step guide to reviewing and improving purchasing practices

Initial Lessons from the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Purchasing Practices Project. London. Ethical Trading Initiative.