The Americas

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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,...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

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Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America

Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America.  

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Hacia una alianza global de recicladores (Towards a Global Alliance of Wastepickers)

Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...

Women Informal Workers Mobilizing for Child Care

This paper provides Member-Based Organizations (MBOs) with examples of how women in informal employment are mobilizing for child care in...

License To Sell: The Effect Of Business Registration Reform On Entrepreneurial Activity In Mexico

This paper estimates the economic effects of a recent reform that simplified business entry regulation in Mexico. The reform was introduced...

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development