Region: The Americas

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.

Behance: Hard Life (Paper Collectors)

The aim of this project is to show the lives and work of a community often forgotten by Brazilian society, yet who are vitally important...

Afya na Usalama Katika Maeneo ya Kazi na Kazi za Nyumbani

(Swahili) 

Law: Ley No. 1166 de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Updates to the laws governing street vending on public roads in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Crónicas de una lucha por la inclusión: Sustitución de Vehículos de Tracción Animal – Bogotá 2014

En el año 2003, el Código Nacional de Transito pretendía eliminar los vehículos de tracción animal. Esto afectaba a miles de recicladores...