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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, including home-based workers, in 11 cities around the world. This report presents findings from the five cities where home-based workers were part of the...
This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys and in-depth interviews were conducted with domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and market traders, and waste pickers in mid-2020 and then...
This open-access book, edited by Martha Chen and Françoise Carré, brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy. It is the culmination of 20 years of pioneering work by WIEGO and calls for a paradigm shift in...
This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent national data on the size and composition of home-based work in developing countries as well as findings from two recent field studies of urban home-based...
This paper examines inequality in the domain of work with a specific focus on informal work. It explores the relationship between informal employment, income poverty and income inequality, featuring national data dis-aggregated in telling ways, as well as grounded research findings, and brings in...
Carr Centre Discussion Paper Abstract: Following the Rana Plaza factory fires four years ago, the labour rights violations in global supply chains, and indeed the governance of global supply chains, has become a pressing global issue. This paper evaluates key existing global and national supply...
This publication is a brief version of the 3rd edition of Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture (ILO 2018). The 3rd edition of Women and Men in the Informal Economy estimates that two billion (61 per cent) of the global employed population earn their living in the informal...
This book presents original theory and research on precarious work in various parts of the world, identifying its social, political, and economic origins, its manifestations in the USA, Europe, Asia, and the Global South, and its consequences for personal and family life.
The Discussion Paper opens with a brief overview of academic discourse and policy debates on public space. Section II presents recent statistical data and research findings on the size and composition of the urban informal workforce. Section III details the exclusionary practices of many cities...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.