Region: The Americas

The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers

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

Modernist Planning and the Foundations of Urban Violence in Latin AmericaBuilt Environment

This article suggests that both the origins and responses to urban violence in Latin America have involved some sort of state ordering of...

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

Laws, Legitimacy and Ongoing Struggle: Lessons from Bolivian Policies on Domestic Workers’ Rights

This Policy Brief explores domestic worker struggles in Bolivia.  It concentrates on laws and policies applied by the government of Evo Morales...

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Globalization and Rural Food Processing by Andean Women of Peru and Bolivia

Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...

Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal no Brasil

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

Relatórios das Cidades, Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...