May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
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Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos, Catadores, Participação e Cidadania – Novas Articulações? This paper traces back the origins of the conceptual framework Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management, and examines how this concept... Read More
Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection This Working Paper responds to current debates on the future of social protection as employment relationships become increasingly non-existent,... Read More
Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest... Read More
Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because... Read More
Measurement of Employment-Related Income: Concepts, Data Sources and a Test of Methods This brief aims at reviewing the possibility of measuring income from employment with existing sources, in particular, assessing the feasibility... Read More
Legal and Policy Tools to Meet Informal Workers Demands: Lessons from India This brief draws on a two-year Indian study detailing how legal and policy tools have been used or can be used to address the diverse concerns... Read More
Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs. 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
Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus... Read More
