COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...
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Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act
Data from the first round of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study in 12 cities point to three common patterns across...
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Do no harm: Why harassment of informal workers hurts public health and economic recovery
Street vendors in Mexico City are providing affordable food, in open-air settings, to food-insecure populations. Waste pickers in Accra provide...
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No hacer daño: Por qué el acoso a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal perjudica la salud pública y la recuperación económica
Las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes de la Ciudad de México están brindándoles alimentos accesibles, al aire libre, a las poblaciones con...
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Ne pas nuire aux travailleuse·eur·s : pourquoi le harcèlement des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel nuit à la santé publique et à la reprise économique
Les vendeuse·eur·s de rue de Mexico fournissent de la nourriture à un prix abordable, dans des endroits en plein air, aux populations souffrant...
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Ghanaian government leaves waste pickers to fend for themselves amidst COVID-19 pandemic
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with informal workers worldwide struggling to earn a living, the Ghanaian government began the decommissioning...
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El gobierno de Ghana deja desamparadas a las personas recicladoras en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19
En medio de la pandemia de COVID-19, mientras las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal de todo el mundo luchan por sobrevivir, el gobierno...
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Le gouvernement ghanéen laisse les récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux se débrouiller seul·e·s face à la pandémie de la COVID-19
En pleine pandémie COVID-19, alors que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel du monde entier luttent pour gagner leur vie, le gouvernement...
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Waste pickers in Accra demand consultation on livelihoods in advance of landfill closure
Hundreds of waste pickers work in Accra’s Kpone landfill, recovering about 60% of the 1200 pounds of solid waste that are dropped off...
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Informal Workers in Ghana: A Statistical Snapshot
This brief details recent data on informal workers in Greater Accra, urban Ghana and Ghana overall, and looks at the data:
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