The Americas

The Low-Wage Recovery and Growing Inequality

NELP Summary: This report updates NELP’s previous analyses of job loss and job growth trends during and after the Great Recession. More information...

Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

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...

Copa do Mundo Para Todos O Retrato dos Vendedores Ambulantes Nas Cidades-sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014

Informal Jobs: Another Occupational Hazard for Women’s Mental Health?International Journal of Epidemiology

O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Sudeste)

Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste NorteSul ...

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores de la economía informal en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

Este documento presenta estudios en dos áreas temáticas: políticas públicas de protección social, y experiencias y estrategias desde las...