Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included... Read More
Major International Events and the Working Poor: Selected Lessons for Social Actors Stemming from the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa This technical brief explores issues that arose before, during and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with the aim of informing... Read More
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima This paper analyzes the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly)... Read More
Informal Workers in Global Horticulture and Commodities Value Chains: A Review of Literature This paper analyzes existing value chain literature in the existing horticulture and commodities sectors with a particular focus on what... Read More
The Municipal Waste and Citizenship Forum: A Platform for Social Inclusion and Participation A critical source of success of the Belo Horizonte model of including waste pickers into urban plans has been the high level of organization... Read More
Vending in Public Space: The Case of Bangkok This brief reviews cultural, economic, political and other broad social foundations of vending in Bangkok’s public space. It also examines... Read More
Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil This brief summarizes statistics on poverty and employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Brazil. 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
