Region: The Americas

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...

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...

Eficiência e Solidariedade nas Associações de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis

As associações e cooperativas de catadores são formadas a partir da situação de vulnerabilidade social dos seus membros. A maior parte dos...

Representing the part-time and contingent workforce: Challenges for unions and public policy

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

Budget Brief 2: Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima

  This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series.   View list of all WIEGO briefs.