Theme: Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

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.

International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Conditions of Work and Employment Laws

The Program maintains a Database of Conditions of Work and Employment Laws, which provides information on laws from around the world. The...

No Cushion to Fall Back On: The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers – Fact Sheet

Report available in English here.Informe disponible en español aquí.Fact Sheet available in English here.Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce – Fact Sheet

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui.Informe disponible en español aquí. 

Afrontando la Crisis: Recesión Persistente, Inflación Creciente y la Fuerza Laboral de la Economía Informal (Ficha Técnica)

Report available in English here.Relatório disponível em português aqui.Informe disponible en español aquí.