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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 Organizing Briefs Supporting Self‑Organization of Home‑Based Workers in Africa: Lessons Learned This organizing brief draws out the lessons of HBWs organizing in five countries; Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. It... Read More WIEGO Publication Series COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities: Recovery Pathways Amidst Continued Crisis This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys... Read More Resource Documents New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo In Togo, workers in the informal economy (90.7% of the total workforce) are excluded from the state’s social protection provisions. In an... Read More Resource Documents New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the FIWON Cooperative Scheme in Nigeria The FIWON cooperative, a wholly informal worker-driven collective with chapters in Lagos and Osun, facilitates access to insurance for its... Read More Statistical Briefs Domestic Workers in the World: A Statistical Profile Globally, there are almost 76 million domestic workers and 76 per cent are women. This Statistical Brief, prepared jointly by WIEGO and ILO,... Read More Briefs Extending social protection for informal workers in Togo Read More Statistical Briefs Informal Workers in Senegal: A Statistical Profile In Senegal, 84 per cent of employment is informal. This brief examines six groups of informal workers who comprised over three-quarters of... Read More Statistical Briefs Informal Workers in Chile: A Statistical Profile WIEGO’s latest Statistical Brief, Informal Workers in Chile: A Statistical Profile, provides insight into the impact COVID-19 and the... Read More First Prev ... 6 7 8 ... 17 ... Next Last
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
Supporting Self‑Organization of Home‑Based Workers in Africa: Lessons Learned This organizing brief draws out the lessons of HBWs organizing in five countries; Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. It... Read More
COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities: Recovery Pathways Amidst Continued Crisis This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys... Read More
New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo In Togo, workers in the informal economy (90.7% of the total workforce) are excluded from the state’s social protection provisions. In an... Read More
New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the FIWON Cooperative Scheme in Nigeria The FIWON cooperative, a wholly informal worker-driven collective with chapters in Lagos and Osun, facilitates access to insurance for its... Read More
Domestic Workers in the World: A Statistical Profile Globally, there are almost 76 million domestic workers and 76 per cent are women. This Statistical Brief, prepared jointly by WIEGO and ILO,... Read More
Informal Workers in Senegal: A Statistical Profile In Senegal, 84 per cent of employment is informal. This brief examines six groups of informal workers who comprised over three-quarters of... Read More
Informal Workers in Chile: A Statistical Profile WIEGO’s latest Statistical Brief, Informal Workers in Chile: A Statistical Profile, provides insight into the impact COVID-19 and the... Read More
