Theme: Urban Planning and Design

Les Récupérateurs: Le Droit d’être Reconnus Comme Travailleurs

Bien avant que le concept d’économie verte ne soit généralisé, les récupérateurs et autres recycleurs et travailleurs de déchets dans l’économie...

IEMS: Recherche-Action Porteuse et Résultats Concrets

VIDEO: Arbind Singh – Livelihoods and the New Urban Agenda

Arbind Singh, National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), speaks during a panel discussion on “Informal Livelihoods and...

VIDEO: PrepCom3: Poonsap Tulaphan on Improving Transport Through City Dialogues

During a WIEGO side event at the 3rd session of the Preparatory Committee for Habitat III (PrepCom3), Poonsap Tulaphan of HomeNet Thailand...

Urban Paradigms and Street Vending: A Global View

Presentation from Session 7 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Resarch Conference – “Street Vendors: Politics and Possibilities for...

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...

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...