The Americas

The Formalization of Informal/Precarious Labor in Contemporary ArgentinaInternational Sociology

Abstract: In this article we argue that the Argentinian state is legalizing or formalizing informal/precarious labor. In the actual context...

Trade unions and informal workers’ associations in the urban informal economy of Ecuador

This paper, which forms part of a knoweldge-sharing project on the informal economy, provides thought-provoking insights into the situation...

Street Vendors and the Right to the City

Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade também está disponível em Português.

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Nos enfants ne reçoivent pas l’attention qu’ils méritent

Cette publication présente les résultats d’une étude de recherche dans cinq villes examinant l’accès des travailleuses de l´informel...

The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city

Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.

Employment Change and Economic Vulnerability in the US

INVISIBLE NO MORE: Domestic workers organizing in Massachusetts and beyond

Labor Studies Faculty Publication Series. Paper 1 

Circumventing labour protection: Non-standard employment in Argentina and Peru

Research Series of the International Institute for Labour Studies, No. 88

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines

This paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks...