Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

Why African Craft Makers Should Understand Supply Chains Better

African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could...

Taxing the Informal Economy: Policy, Evidence and Lessons for the Future

• April 4, 2023
• Online

In the wake of the pandemic, developing and middle-income countries are facing increasing pressure to improve domestic resource mobilization....

From Organizing Workers to Organizing Humanitarian Aid

Between July and September 2022, StreetNet International, Cities Alliance and WIEGO interviewed Ukrainian women – most self-employed traders...

Reshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India

Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...

La fête du Travail : des investissements dans la protection sociale et du travail nécessaires à la reprise économique

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1° de mayo: las inversiones en protección social y laboral son necesarias para la recuperación económica

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1º. de maio: Investimentos em proteções sociais e trabalhistas necessárias para a recuperação econômica

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May Day: Investments in social and labour protections needed for economic recovery

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How COVID-19 has Increased Vulnerability in the Informal Sector: Business Environment Solutions

• February 10, 2021
• Online

Wednesday, February 10 at 14:00 CET (08:00 EST) This webinar, hosted by DCED (Donor Committee for Enterprise Development), looked at the...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Blogs

Blogs: Informal economy workers tell of COVID-19 crucial issues Workers in the informal economy lost close to 80 per cent of their...