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Research Reports
Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)
Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...
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Research Reports
Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre o cuidado das crianças e trabalhadoras informais de 6 organizações de base (OBs) de trabalhadoras/es pobres
Esta publicação é um resumo de “Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem”: Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre...
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Statistical Briefs
Informal Workers in Urban South Africa: A Statistical Snapshot
This brief offers details of the urban informal workers in South Africa’s metros, with a further focus on three cities.
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Books & Book Chapters
Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade
This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...
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Journal Articles
Informality and Collective Organising: identities, alliances and transnational activism in Africa
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Journal Articles
A Re-Examination of the Urban Informal Sector in West Africa
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Organizing Briefs
Mapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.
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Research Reports
Paid Work, Women’s Empowerment and Inclusive Growth: Transforming the Structures of Constraint
This research paper examines the extent to which the structure of economic opportunities generated by a country’s growth strategies...
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Research Reports
The Improvisers
A report about the number of Kenyan youth joining the informal economy because of the high unemployment rate in the country. A related...
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Organizing Briefs
Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies
This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...
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