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Social Dialogue for Social Protection: A Perspective from the Informal Economy in Southeast Asia Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Domestic workers’ limited legal and social protection in Tanzania has compounded the impact of the pandemic on workers’ socio-economic circumstances.... Read More
COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 9 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to waste pickers based... Read More
Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part B This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors... Read More
Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part A This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery The study sample in Ahmedabad – the largest city and financial capital of Gujarat State in Western India – included domestic workers, home-based... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Informal workers in and around Accra’s markets – street vendors, market traders and kayayei – provide affordable goods and services and form... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery This report presents the Durban, South Africa, findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Pleven, Bulgaria: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Pleven, Bulgaria, has a large informal worker population due in part to its large garment manufacturing sector. This report presents the... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Tiruppur, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Known as the “T-Shirt Capital of the World”, Tiruppur is the seventh largest city in Tamil Nadu State, South India. Around 800,000 workers... Read More
COVID-19 Crisis and Canners in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery Canners represent many underserved populations in New York City, including racially or ethnically marginalized groups, undocumented immigrants,... Read More
