WIEGO calls for stronger protection and a rights-based approach to formalization for workers in informal employment at OECD report launch Read More
Call for Comments: Guidelines on the Protection of the Rights of Workers in the Informal Economy in Africa Read More
WIEGO and Royal Academy of Engineering seek expressions of interest for symposium on circular economy Read More
Strengthening the Role of Local Governments in Citizen Data Production: The Waste Picker Census in Bogotá Read More
Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent... Read More
The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating Informal Labour in Global Production Networks This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the... Read More
Inclusive Urban Planning for the Working Poor: Planning Education Trends and Potential Shift Current urban planning education, supported by prevailing legislation, negatively impacts on the livelihoods and shelter options of the urban... Read More
Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization... Read More
Street Trade in Africa: A Review Despite the advances in modern retailing, millions of people throughout the world still make their living partly or wholly through selling... Read More
Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Accra Metropolis WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal... Read More
Domestic Workers in Latin America: Statistics for New Policies This paper analyzes domestic work, where the labour relationship is ill-regulated and difficult to control, and the conditions and characteristics... Read More
Informal Economy Budget Analysis: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal... Read More
Occupational Health and Safety and the Poorest Occupationally related injury and illness is a major, but largely under-explored, potential source of worker vulnerability. This study investigates... Read More
Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana (Working Paper) This paper investigates ways in which linkages between the informal and formal segments of an economy yield benefits to, or impose costs... Read More
