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Abstract: Home‐based work differs from other employment because the work site is the home itself. This difference means that the fixed costs of working at home are less than the fixed costs of working on site and that home‐based workers may engage in joint market and household production. Using data...
A report from a North American regional workshop on home-based workers, co-organized by WIEGO.
A report from a North American regional workshop on home-based workers, co-organized by WIEGO. En Espanol
Discusses how zoning laws can prevent or enable the development of home-based businesses in the United States.
This policy establishes guidelines for commercial street vending within the Ashfield municipality.
Abstract: This article examines the relationship between street vendors and the state in Mexico City in the early 1990s. As a result of neoliberal policies, an increasing number of people started to look for livelihoods in the informal economy. Faced by clampdowns and state offensives the street...
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.