Region: The Americas

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

Varieties of Capitalism and Employment Relations: Informally Dominated Market Economies

The varieties of capitalism and employment relations literature have largely focused on formally regulated market economies, with a general neglect...

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

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Improving the Regulatory Framework for Income Enhancement of the Urban Poor: A Case Study of Lima

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...