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Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also... Read More
A Experiência de Advocacy no caso dos Trabalhadores Ambulantes em São Paulo Este sumário, disponível em português, faz uma reflexão sobre o processo jurídico que contestou e acabou por derrubar uma proibição da Câmara... Read More
Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs. Read More
Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues... Read More
Measuring Informal Employment in South Africa: The New Quarterly Labour Force Survey This briefing note discusses how the changes introduced in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) will affect Read More
Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector presents a profile of non-agricultural, informal sector (proprietary, sole... Read More
Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice... Read More
How to Plan a Street Trader Census Street traders represent one of the largest and most visible segments of the informal economy, yet the actual number of street traders working... Read More
