Theme: Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

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...

Links with Economic Crises

When economic crises cause job losses in the formal economy, more people become employed in the informal economy to survive.

Links with Growth

How much and in what ways does the informal economy contribute to economic growth? Or does the informal economy account for low productivity...

Global Recession Impact: Personal Stories from Informal Workers

Uncertain Times The global economic crisis that rocked the world in 2008 led to increased financial hardship for informal workers, most of...

Living on the Precipice of Extreme Poverty: How Financial Downturns Devastate the Working Poor

The global economic crisis that rocked the world in 2008 led to increased financial hardship for informal workers, most of whom already lived...