May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Building movements in the informal economy: Lessons for advancing labour rights in the circular economy Read More
Social Dialogue for Social Protection: A Perspective from the Informal Economy in Southeast Asia Read More
Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade... Read More
Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte... Read More
South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile This paper presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, and attempts to identify the economic... Read More
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
Mapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs. Read More
