Urban Planning and Design

Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

Promoting Workplace Health and Safety in Urban Public Space: Reflections from Durban, South Africa

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

Urban Design: Beyond Architecture at Scale

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Informal Traders and Planners in the Regeneration of Historic City Centres: The Case of Quito, Ecuador

A major reason for the regeneration of historic city centres in developing countries is the possibility of benefiting from the growing mobility...

Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Norte)

Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste SudesteSul ...

Trabajadores invisibles dentro del servicio de limpia de la CDMX

Global Economic Crisis Study 2 – Fact Sheet

WIEGO Brochure

Disponible en español aquí. Disponible en français ici.

Urban planning and design: laws, regulations, and the informal city

The website explains that “this discussion will consider how cities can use spatial planning as a means to social integration, and...

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,...