Down and Out in Ahmedabad Migrant workers, who are often landless labourers, seek succour and refuge in night shelters mandated by the Supreme Court of India. Read More
Are Differences in National Definitions of Informal Employment and Employment in the Informal Sector Necessary? The international standards concerning a statistical definition of informal employment and concerning statistics of employment in the informal... Read More
Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because... Read More
Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion... Read More
Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Accra Metropolis WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal... Read More
Informal Economy Budget Analysis: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal... Read More
Reducing InformalityFinance and Development “…reducing informality is often seen as a central objective of tax reform. But precise definitions of informality, as set out... Read More
Peeling the Onion: Social Regulation of the Onion Market, Nangarhar, AfghanistanEconomic and Political Weekly Afghanistan’s hope that market-driven agriculture will ensure its economic transformation demonstrates a wilful disregard of the links... Read More
Beyond urban vulnerability: interrogating the social sustainability of a livelihood in the informal economy of Nigerian cities. Aba is a politically volatile, economically vibrant but environmentally poor city that is a microcosm of social conditions in the Nigerian... Read More
