History, Debate and Theory

Empowering Home-based Workers in India

Led by SEWA Bharat as part of its mandate to develop new SEWAs, SEWA Delhi started its efforts in 1999 by organizing women vegetable vendors...

WIEGO GA 2018 Keynote address transcript

Marty Chen’s keynote address, November 13, 2018, in Johannesburg at the 7th WIEGO General Assembly.

eThekwini’s Informal Economy Policy

Approved and adopted by the Durban Unicity Council

VIDEO: Pat Horn of StreetNet International Addresses ITUC

Informal Economy Debates: Dominant Schools of Thought

Over the years, the debate on the informal economy has crystallized into four dominant schools of thought regarding the causes, composition,...

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.

Informal Labor & Development: The way forward

Presentation given during panel discussion, “The Perspective of the Working Poor in the Informal Economy.” The panel was conducted...