The Americas

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...

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...

La certificación de competencias laborales

Este documento discute el proceso para la certificación de competencias laborales usado en Colombia y el papel que WIEGO desempeña en apoyo...

De la lucha por espacios a la creación de alternativas productivas y comerciales

Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights

The Informal Economy: Experiences of African Americans

FIELD Program (Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination)

‘An area that governs itself ’: Informality, uncertainty and the management of street vending in New York CityPlanning Theory

Laws governing street vending in New York City are confusing, convoluted, at times contradictory and difficult to enforce with any sort of...

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

Economie Informelle, Insécurité et Cohésion Sociale en Amérique Latine

Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and...