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Statistical Briefs Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America. 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 Briefs 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 Working Papers The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,... Read More Working Papers Social Protection, Citizenship and the Employment Relationship This paper addresses the issues of social protection, citizenship and the employment relationship, through the lens of South Africa. It argues... Read More Working Papers Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban Environment The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And... Read More Resource Documents Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana Read More Policy Briefs Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women.... 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 Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support... Read More First Prev ... 12 ... 21 22 23 ... Next Last
Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America. 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
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
The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,... Read More
Social Protection, Citizenship and the Employment Relationship This paper addresses the issues of social protection, citizenship and the employment relationship, through the lens of South Africa. It argues... Read More
Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban Environment The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And... Read More
Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana Read More
Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women.... 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
Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support... Read More
