Theme: Urban Planning and Design

IEMS: La Investigación-Acción Lleva y Resultados Concretos

VIDEO: The Gender and Waste Project, Brazil

In this video-message for the Urban Thinkers Campus WIEGO´s waste specialist Sonia Dias and the MNCR waste picker leader Madalena Duarte...

VIDEO: PrepCom3: Dialogos exitosos entre vendedores ambulantes y el gobierno de Lima – parte 2

En el marco del Tercer Comité preparatorio para Habitat 3, Gloria Solorzano, una lider peruana de la Red Nacional de Trabajadores Autoempleados...

WIEGO’s Position on Dump Closures

Livelihood plans must be an integral component of any dump closure process  Waste pickers around the globe contribute to a cleaner environment,...

Global Economic Crisis Study 1: Fact Sheet

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. 

Formalizing Street Vendors

Sally Roever, WIEGO’s Urban Research Director, gave this presentation at a dialogue on formalizing the informal economy in Montevideo, Uruguay...

WIEGO’s Focal Cities Work in Lima

Implementing several of WIEGO’s initiatives in two cities – Lima, capital of Peru, in South America, and Accra, capital of Ghana,...

In Gujarat, no homes for the construction workers who make everybody’s dream homes

Recently Narendra Modi got a new office for himself and his ministers at the cost of 150 crores and named it ‘Swarnim Sankul’. Question is...

Implementing the New Urban Agenda: How Local and National Governments Can Support the Urban Informal Economy

More than 50 per cent of the urban work force in most developing countries is informal ‒ ranging from over 80 per cent in South Asia to over...