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  • Informal worker Iris Lamiorkor runs a snack stand at Kwame Nkrumah Circle Market. Unlike other vendors who sell during the day Page

    Social Protection Briefing Notes

    WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO’s database of social...

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  • Portrait of Marty Chen, WIEGO Senior Advisor News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study July 21, 2020

    Marty Chen in IDS Webinar on Informal Workers: What Can Be Done

    WIEGO Senior Advisor Marty Chen recently participated in an Institute of Development Studies webinar, “The COVID-19 crisis facing informal...

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  • The Informal Economy Revisited by Chen and Carre book Cover News
    Future of Work July 14, 2020

    The Informal Economy Revisited – landmark book in open access

    This open-access book, edited by Martha Chen and Françoise Carré, brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts,...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Informal Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis: A global picture of sudden impact and long-term risk

    In an immediate response to COVID-19, WIEGO conducted a rapid assessment to understand how the pandemic and the related public health measures...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    WIEGO Network Platform – Hindi

    वैिश्वक अथर्व्यवस्था में अनौपचािरक श्रिमक संगठन सभी स्तरों पर सरकारों को इस दौरान जमीनी स्तर पर उभरने वाले राहत प्रयासों पर हमारे साथ भागीदार...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    ZCIEA Press Statement on the re-opening of the informal sector in Zimbabwe

    President of Zimbabwe has said that informal sector enterprises can operate “on condition they register with their authorities first,...

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  • Informal worker in Myanmar - January 2013 - Photo by Marty Chen Informational Article

    Challenges of Gathering Statistics on Street Vendors

    Finding reliable data on the size of the street vending population in any given city can be challenging. Official statistics on street vendors...

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  • Street vendors in Lima Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study June 11, 2020

    ¿Cómo enfrentan los comerciantes en vía pública al COVID-19?

    Con un presupuesto equivalente al 12% de su PIB, el Perú implementó el paquete de respuesta a la pandemia del COVID-19 más grande en América...

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  • Street vendors in Lima Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study June 11, 2020

    How are Peru’s street vendors facing COVID-19?

    With a budget equivalent to 12% of its GDP, Peru put together the largest COVID-19 pandemic response package in Latin America. Its main intention...

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  • Street vendors in Accra Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study June 07, 2020

    For World’s Street Vendors, Life May Never be the Same after COVID-19

    Street vendors provide essential services in cities across the globe, particularly in Africa, Asia and South America, where residents rely...

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