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
Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges This working paper offers new regional estimates on informal employment based on direct measures from 40 countries and indirect measures... Read More
Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil This Briefing Note explores the origin and key elements of public policy focused on the integration of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.... Read More
Laws, Legitimacy and Ongoing Struggle: Lessons from Bolivian Policies on Domestic Workers’ Rights This Policy Brief explores domestic worker struggles in Bolivia. It concentrates on laws and policies applied by the government of Evo Morales... Read More
Statistics on Informal Employment in South Africa This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in South Africa. Read More
The Mobilization of Bolivian Domestic Workers This brief describes the mobilization of domestic workers in Bolivia focusing particularly on the campaign that led to the approval of the... Read More
Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic... 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
India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote... Read More
