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Working Papers Tight Tax Net, Loose Safety Net: Taxation and Social Protection in Accra’s Informal Sector While debates about taxation and social protection in relation to the informal economy are widespread, there is little empirical evidence... Read More Resource Documents New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a... Read More Resource Documents Home-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities In both mid-2020 and mid-2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households,... Read More Briefs A regional approach to Universal Social Protection: The case of the African Union Protocol Read More Policy Briefs Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of... Read More Statistical Briefs Informal Workers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. ... Read More Law & Informality Insights A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers This publication – A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers... Read More Resource Documents The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? A Case Study from Ahmedabad, India This case study documents the history of the struggle by street vendors, with SEWA’s support, to retain their right to vend – and their natural... Read More Working Papers Urban Planning and Informal Livelihoods in India: An Analysis of Urban Planning Laws and Processes in Delhi and Bangalore This paper seeks to critically analyze the legal framework of urban planning in India and the challenges and opportunities it presents informal... Read More Technical Briefs Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Waste Pickers This brief explores the challenges that waste pickers face with EPR and offers ideas for developing more inclusive EPR systems, based on... Read More First Prev ... 5 6 7 ... 16 ... Next Last
Tight Tax Net, Loose Safety Net: Taxation and Social Protection in Accra’s Informal Sector While debates about taxation and social protection in relation to the informal economy are widespread, there is little empirical evidence... Read More
New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a... Read More
Home-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities In both mid-2020 and mid-2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households,... Read More
Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of... Read More
Informal Workers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. ... Read More
A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers This publication – A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers... Read More
The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? A Case Study from Ahmedabad, India This case study documents the history of the struggle by street vendors, with SEWA’s support, to retain their right to vend – and their natural... Read More
Urban Planning and Informal Livelihoods in India: An Analysis of Urban Planning Laws and Processes in Delhi and Bangalore This paper seeks to critically analyze the legal framework of urban planning in India and the challenges and opportunities it presents informal... Read More
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Waste Pickers This brief explores the challenges that waste pickers face with EPR and offers ideas for developing more inclusive EPR systems, based on... Read More
