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This statistical snapshot of India's home-based workers offers data on the size of this workforce, age, sex, type of industry and more. Data presented in this brief are from the 2017-18 Periodic Labour Force Survey and the 2011-12 and 2004-2005 Surveys of Employment and Unemployment. All are...
In Mexico City and urban Mexico, women comprise 42 per cent and men 58 per cent of the labour force. In Mexico nationally, women’s share is slightly lower at 39 per cent. Between 2013 and 2019, employment in Mexico increased by more than 5 million workers but women’s share of employment did not...
This brief details recent data on informal workers in Greater Accra, urban Ghana and Ghana overall, and looks at the data: by sex by occupational groups (domestic workers, home-based workers, market traders, street vendors and waste pickers) by status of employment by educational levels by age It...
In this article in Agenda, WIEGO's Michael Rogan and Laura Alfers examine sources of gender inequality within the South African informal economy through an analysis of a recent labour force survey and by drawing on a multi-dimensional approach to understanding risks to income security.
Marty Chen, Senior Advisor for WIEGO, was among the experts on the informal economy who spoke at the 7th IMF Statistical Forum, highlighting the importance of recognizing the official international statistical definition of informal employment and that it distinguishes between the informal economy...
This annual report captures the activities and successes of WIEGO from 1 April 2018 through 31 March 2019.
WIEGO's Statistics Programme is launching a new set of Statistical Briefs that provide key indicators of informal employment and key categories of informal workers at the geographic levels of metros, urban and national. It is a guiding belief of the programme that statistics are essential in making...
The WIEGO Statistics Programme is featured in a recently published book by Alnoor Ebrahim. Ebrahim examines an "emergent strategy" in global policy advocacy work, where the relationship between cause and effect is complex. The Statistics Programme's influence is used to illustrate this strategy.
This brief contains estimates on informal workers in Bangkok and other urban centres in Thailand.
This is "the ILO’s central statistics database ILOSTAT – the primary source for cross-country statistics on the labour market. The database contains over 100 indicators covering more than 230 countries and economies."
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.