Theme: History, Debate and Theory

How Does Decentralized Minimum Wage Setting Affect Employment and Informality? The Case of Indonesia

Introductory Paper for the Africa Regional Workshop on Informal Workers/Producers in Food and Forest Global Commodity Chains

Employment, poverty, and inclusive development in Africa: policy choices in the context of widespread informality

Africa’s Informal Economies: Thirty Years onSAIS Review

Mindsets, Trends, and the Informal Economy

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Working Paper 2014-06 

Who Cares? article in Feministische Studien

Who cares? Drei politische Tagungen im März 2014 in Berlin This article (in German) was written by Karin Pape, the Deputy Director of WIEGO’s...

Website: Basix – Microfinance, Livelihood Institute

BASIX is a livelihood promotion institution established in 1996, working with over a 3.5 million customers, over 90% being rural poor households...

Mexico-Employment Formalization Program Statement

WIEGO has translated the President of Mexico’s July 2013 speech, in which he discusses informal employment in Mexico. He notes that...

7/29, Closing Panel – Chatterjee

Mirai Chatterjee, of India Self-Employed Women’s Association, offers closing remarks on OHS for informal workers.

The Informal Economy in Arab Nations: A Comparative Perspective

Until fairly recently, labor markets in the MENA region were characterized by a large public sector, a small, weak private sector, and, depending...