Theme: History, Debate and Theory

A Literature Review on Linkages Between Formal and Informal Economies in Developing Countries

Growing awareness of the size and organizational potential of informal economies in the era of globalization has triggered a profusion of...

The Urban Informal Economy: Enhanced Knowledge, Appropriate Policies and Effective Organization

Review of Literature for the Technology & the Future of Work Project

This annotated bibliography was prepared as part of the Technology & the Future of Work Project led by WIEGO and Practical Action.

Informality as the Bane of the Laboring Poor Under Globalized Capitalism

Note from the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

The Informal Economy, Social Protection and Empowerment: Linkages And Good Practices For Poverty Reduction

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...

Good Practices in Safety, Health, and Working Conditions: Home workers, farmers, construction workers in Cambodia, Mongolia and Thailand

Beyond Regulation: The Informal Economy in Latin America

Avoiding informality traps

Draft paper for E. Ghani (Ed.), Reshaping tomorrow: Positioning South Asia for the big leap

Second Best? Trends and Linkages in the Informal Economy in South Africa