Statistical Briefs Informal Workers in Urban Thailand: A Statistical Snapshot This brief contains estimates on informal workers in Bangkok and other urban centres in Thailand. Read More Budget Briefs Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Lilongwe, Malawi In 2013, 89 per cent of Malawi’s 5.5 million employed people were informally employed. Informal economy budget analysis (IEBA) explores the... Read More Technical Briefs Waste Incineration and Informal Livelihoods: A Technical Guide on Waste-to-Energy Initiatives This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid... Read More Resource Documents Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup This literature survey draws together and synthesizes research that has been done on mega events, with a particular focus on the 2010 World... Read More Law & Informality Insights Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend... Read More Working Papers Reclaiming Reusable and Recyclable Materials in Africa – A Critical Review of English Language Literature This paper seeks to include Africa in the current international conversations about the situation of informal workers such as waste pickers.... Read More Working Papers Global Networking: Informal Workers Build Solidarity, Power and Representation through Networks and Alliances Over the past three decades informal workers, mainly in the global South and their organizations have joined and launched global networks... Read More Policy Briefs 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 Statistical Briefs Statistics on Waste Pickers in Brazil In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited... Read More Technical Briefs 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 First Prev ... 3 ... 12 13 14 ... 23 ... Next Last
Informal Workers in Urban Thailand: A Statistical Snapshot This brief contains estimates on informal workers in Bangkok and other urban centres in Thailand. Read More
Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Lilongwe, Malawi In 2013, 89 per cent of Malawi’s 5.5 million employed people were informally employed. Informal economy budget analysis (IEBA) explores the... Read More
Waste Incineration and Informal Livelihoods: A Technical Guide on Waste-to-Energy Initiatives This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid... Read More
Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup This literature survey draws together and synthesizes research that has been done on mega events, with a particular focus on the 2010 World... Read More
Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend... Read More
Reclaiming Reusable and Recyclable Materials in Africa – A Critical Review of English Language Literature This paper seeks to include Africa in the current international conversations about the situation of informal workers such as waste pickers.... Read More
Global Networking: Informal Workers Build Solidarity, Power and Representation through Networks and Alliances Over the past three decades informal workers, mainly in the global South and their organizations have joined and launched global networks... 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 Waste Pickers in Brazil In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited... 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
