Theme: Livelihoods

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Policy Insights

Policy Insights: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize February...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Global Findings

Global Findings: The COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study is a WIEGO-coordinated multi-city longitudinal study that assesses the...

Habitat Forum (INHAF) Webinar Series on Rethinking Indian Cities

• December 1, 2020 - December 2, 2020

The vast majority of urban workers in India today (nearly 80 per cent) are informally employed. The urban informal workforce is engaged in...

Gender Equality: a Data and Policy Dialogue

• November 24, 2020
• Online

Part of the UN DESA Global Online Policy Dialogue Series November 24, 2020: 8:00 -9:30 am EST New data from the UN Secretary-General’s report...

Experience of Micro-Entrepreneuers in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas

Women, Informal Work & COVID-19: Data-based Policy Considerations

• October 21, 2020
• Online
  

2pm-3.30pm South African time

Do no harm: Why harassment of informal workers hurts public health and economic recovery

Street vendors in Mexico City are providing affordable food, in open-air settings, to food-insecure populations. Waste pickers in Accra provide...

No hacer daño: Por qué el acoso a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal perjudica la salud pública y la recuperación económica

Las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes de la Ciudad de México están brindándoles alimentos accesibles, al aire libre, a las poblaciones con...

Building a More Inclusive and Prosperous Dakar: Recommendations from Informal Workers

Waste pickers in Accra demand consultation on livelihoods in advance of landfill closure

Hundreds of waste pickers work in Accra’s Kpone landfill, recovering about 60% of the 1200 pounds of solid waste that are dropped off...