Theme: Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

WIEGO Manifesto

The WIEGO Manifesto contains the principles behind WIEGO’s approach to supporting informal workers and reducing poverty. “In...

WIEGO en el Mundo: Boletín Informativo, julio de 2015

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WIEGO dans le Monde: Newsletter, juillet 2015

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Global Labour Column – Power and Classification: Casual Workers Struggles in the South African Post Office

In this article, David Dickinson focuses on the struggles against exploitation by casual workers in the South African Post Office (SAPO)....

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.

A Toolkit for Informality Scenario Analysis

Description from World Bank: ““A Toolkit for Informality Scenario Analysis” is a spreadsheet-based toolkit that allows researchers...

Fair and Ethical Trade: An Explanation

This resource is a technical guide, commissioned by WIEGO. A single, technical and universally accepted definition of Fair Trade has been...

Global Economic Crisis and the Informal Economy: “Smaller-and-Smaller Slivers of a Shrinking Pie”

This two-page flyer provides a snapshot of the impact of the global economic crisis on workers in the informal economy.

La Crisis Economica Global y la Economía Informal Global: “Porciones cada vez menores de una torta que se hace mas pequena”

Manual for Value Chain Research on Homeworkers in the Garment Industry

Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.