Livelihoods

Neither Seen Nor Heard: South Asia’s Millions of Home-based Workers

Home-based workers in South Asia number in the tens of millions and are essential to many industries, yet remain invisible and disregarded...

Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Centro-Oeste)

Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Nordeste NorteSudeste Sul ...

Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security

The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The...

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

Waste & Citizenship Forum: Waste Pickers and the State

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges

International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain

Understanding Gender Inequalities in Wages and Incomes in India

Associations and Activism: Mobilization of Urban Informal Workers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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The Informal Sector in Ghana Under Siege