May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-based Workers in Lahore, Pakistan The study is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect the... Read More
Informality: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Working Paper 2014-18 Read More
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Trabalhadores Domiciliares em Lahore, Paquistão City Report (English) Read More
Thresholds, informality, and partitions of complianceInternational Tax and Public Finance Abstract: This paper aims to establish and explore the links between two threads in the public finance literature. One is the use of tax... Read More
Can Waste-Picking Be a Good Career? This Next City article, about KKPKP and SWaCH, has been posted here on WIEGO’s website with permission from Next City. Read More
How to Assess Security of Tenure and Emulate Mortgages for Financing Semi-Formal Homes: Lessons from Mahila Housing SEWA Trust Nohn and Bhatt’s Technical Brief examines how the Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has tackled the issue of housing loans in contexts of tenure... Read More
Legal reforms for the self-employed: three urban cases Four out of five urban workers in modern India are engaged in the informal economy, and half of these are self-employed. This article examines... Read More
RéplicaNexos Sin duda los problemas del crecimiento económico en México merecen estar en el centro de la discusión pública. Read More
Securing Livelihoods-Special Edition Contents of this Special Edition of The Economist include: –Long-term living standards –Crises and their impact –Technology... Read More
Special Issue on Labor Law Reforms in India The issue features an article on law and the self-employed in India (see pp 133-150, Legal Reforms for the Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases),... Read More
