History, Debate and Theory

7/29, Session 4 – Q&A

Mirai Chatterjee fields questions from the audience.

Toolkit: Learning and working in the informal economy

The ‘Learning and working in the informal economy – access, skills development and transition’ Toolkit has been developed by the Technical...

Resolution on Women Workers in the Informal Economy

The Launch of ‘Design with the Other 90%: CITIES’

Reflections on the launch of  Design with the Other 90%: CITIES’ exhibition, a project by the Smithsonian-Cooper Hewitt, National Design...

7/29, Session 1 – Chen

WIEGO’s Martha Chen, also of the Harvard Kennedy School, defines, explains and offers statistics on the global informal economy and...

Social Protection and Human Rights Platform

From the website: “This platform began in 2013 as a collaboration between the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development...

Poverty, Inequality & Growth Linkages

The relationship between informality and poverty, inequality, and economic growth is complex. This section of the website explores what is...

History & Debates

Since its “discovery” in the 1970s, the informal economy and its role in economic development have been hotly debated. Some observers view...