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  • Books & Book Chapters

    South Africa’s Informal Economy and COVID-19: Differentiated Impacts and an Uneven Recovery

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  • A market trader at her stall in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Paula Bronstein/ Getty Images Post
    Statistics March 20, 2025

    Street Vendors and Market Traders in 12 Countries: Key Facts

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  • Books & Book Chapters
  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Waste Pickers: A Case Studies Guide

    This report draws on the experiences and efforts of organizations of waste pickers to develop and make data on them available to policymakers...

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  • Technical Briefs

    Implementing ILO R204 on the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy: Lessons from South Africa’s Experience

    The responsibility for implementation of the International Labour Organization’s Recommendation 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal...

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  • Briefs

    Income floors: Understanding the different policy proposals

    The 2020 global pandemic catalyzed great interest in the potential of social protection to support incomes and livelihoods during times of...

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  • Resource Documents

    Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities

    Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...

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  • Women carrying goods on their heads walk through a busy market in Ghana. Project

    Child Care in Markets

    Workers in informal employment often lack access to high quality public services, including child-care services. Lack of child-care support...

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  • Street vendor Kwa Mashu, Durban Technical Briefs

    Inclusive Public Space Planning & Design: Lessons from Asiye eTafuleni, Durban, South Africa.

    This document reflects on the work of Asiye eTafuleni, a non-profit organization operating out of inner-city Durban, South Africa. Asiye...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    This report presents the Durban, South Africa, findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that...

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