Region: India

Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study

In 2008, WIEGO initiated the Law and Informal Economy project, focusing on the legal aspects of helping informal workers with economic opportunity,...

The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model

After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community...

Through the Magnifying Glass: Women’s Work and Labour Force Participation in Urban Delhi

Illegal Mining, Impatient Mafia and Ill-treated Administrators

As the construction sector grows, illegal sand and granite mining can only be expected to increase. From what can be seen until now, honest...

Changing Structure of Governance in Non-Metropolitan Cities: A Study in Andhra Pradesh

Globalisation has brought forward new modes of governance and technological options to urban local bodies in India in the last two decades....

Can Waste-Picking Be a Good Career?

This Next City article, about KKPKP and SWaCH, has been posted here on WIEGO’s website with permission from Next City.

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Ahmedabad’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

Informality: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Working Paper 2014-18 

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

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