Public and Workplace Services

New Solutions Journal Special Issue: Health and Safety for Informal Workers

Hierarchies of care work in South Africa: nurses, social workers and home-based care workers

This article by Francie Lund, who led WIEGO’s Social Protection Programme from 2000-2016, is chapter 21 (page 465-79) of the volume. ...

Extender la protección social a los trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal

Extender la protección social a quienes trabajan en empleo informal, en su mayoría excluidos de cualquier protección social, se ha vuelto...

The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestics

Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania

Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children...

“Informality”: It’s Time to Stop Being Alice-in-Wonderland-ish

Unpublished manuscript

Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing

The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing...

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

Minor Psychiatric Disorders Among Brazilian Ragpickers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Borderline Slavery: Child Trafficking in Togo