The Americas

The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models

Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...

The Low-Wage Recovery and Growing Inequality

NELP Summary: This report updates NELP’s previous analyses of job loss and job growth trends during and after the Great Recession. More information...

Contingent Workforce: Size, Characteristics, Earnings and Benefits

Negotiating Formality: Informal Sector, Market, and State in Peru

Associations and Activism: Mobilization of Urban Informal Workers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil

This brief summarizes statistics on poverty and employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Brazil.

Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice...

Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Sul)

Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões:Centro-OesteNordesteNorteSudeste ...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy IEMS Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is a qualitative and quantitative study designed to evaluate the reality of these workers’ lives....

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...