History, Debate and Theory

The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and Policies

The paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal...

Women’s Employment, Economic Risk, and Poverty

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...

The Global Crisis, Unemployment and HIV/ AIDS: What Role for Public Works Programmes?

Street Vending and Public Policy: A Global Review

This journal article provides a general contemporary overview of street vending around the world, with a focus on “the major issues...

International Handbook of Gender and Poverty

The Shadow Economy: Between Authority and Crime

Earnings Structures, Informal Employment, and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa