International Labour Conference 2026: What Does the New Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy Mean for Workers? Read More
May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Building movements in the informal economy: Lessons for advancing labour rights in the circular economy 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
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 South Africa This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in South Africa. Read More
The Mobilization of Bolivian Domestic Workers This brief describes the mobilization of domestic workers in Bolivia focusing particularly on the campaign that led to the approval of the... Read More
Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic... Read More
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