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Monitoramento de eventos climáticos extremos e impactos no trabalho de catadores de materiais recicláveis (MCTC) Read More
Major International Events and the Working Poor: Selected Lessons for Social Actors Stemming from the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa This technical brief explores issues that arose before, during and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with the aim of informing... Read More
How to Analyse Government Budgets from an Informal Economy Perspective Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis... Read More
India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote... Read More
Integrating Occupational Health into Public Health Provision: The Case of HomeNet Thailand HomeNet Thailand (HNT) has long advocated for the integration of Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) into the Thai Universal Coverage... Read More
Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil This brief summarizes statistics on poverty and employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Brazil. Read More
Defining and Categorizing Organizations of Informal Workers in Developing and Developed Countries This organizing brief, written for researchers and activists concerned about informal workers, aims to capture the full range of organizational... Read More
Making Agricultural Value Chain Programmes Work for Workers: A Practical Guide for Development Donors and Practitioners This guide, aimed at development donors and practitioners, seeks to improve the poverty, economic and gender impacts of agricultural value... Read More
Budget Brief 4: Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs. Read More
Approaches to Basic Service Delivery for the Working Poor: Assessing the Impact of Mahila Housing Trust’s Parivartan Slum Upgrading Programme in Ahmedabad, India Increased urbanization in India has meant more poor people live in hazardous conditions, lacking access to even basic facilities and services.... Read More
Statistics on Informal Employment in South Africa This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in South Africa. Read More
