Workers’ Health and Safety

Participatory Policy Making: Lessons from Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme

This policy brief draws out lessons from the Thai health reform process which are relevant to both policy makers and organizations of informal...

Addressing the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Needs of Informal Workers: Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This case study illustrates the efforts of two membership-based organizations of market traders and street vendors in the Greater Accra Metropolitan...

Unprotected Labour: What Role for Unions in the Informal Economy?

Articles include:InterviewInformal work: From concept to action, by Christine NathanInformal work: Concept and definitionWork, law and the...

Poor health kills small businesses: Illness and microenterprise in South Africa

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Occupational Health & Safety for Indigenous Caterers in Accra, Ghana

Informal workers and the use of mobile technology and communications: Findings from key informant interviews

This is a report of a small study done to explore how mobile phones are being used, and might be better used, to improve the health of informal...

Better OHS for Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This is a summary of a case study by Tony Dzidzinyo Dogbe and Suki Annan.

Occupational Health and Safety Bibliography: Books

Occupational Health and Safety Bibliography: Reports and Research Papers

Santé et Sécurité au Travail Pour les Travailleurs du Secteur Informel – Octobre 2012

Une publication de WIEGO no 6    Cette édition inclut des rapports sur: