Region: The Americas

Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil

This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic...

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...

Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health

Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of...

Informality and Inclusive Green Growth

Note on applications of definition and methods in Mexico

Note prepared for the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

On Castles and Commerce: Zoning Law and the Home-Business Dilemma

Discusses how zoning laws can prevent or enable the development of home-based businesses in the United States.

Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile

This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,...

Epidemiological Surveillance of Informal Worker’s Health in Two Cities in Southeastern Brazil

Abstract: