Programme: Focal Cities

Guidelines and Standards for Day-Care Centres in and around Markets in Ghana

These guidelines and standards for day-care centres in and around markets in Ghana were developed through the collaborative efforts of a...

Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi

Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of...

วิกฤตโควิด – 19 และเศรษฐกิจนอกระบบในกรุงเทพมหานคร ประเทศไทย – ผลกระทบทย่ี ืดเยือ้ และวาระการฟื้นตัว

วิกฤตโควิด19รอบสองและขอ้ มลู เศรษฐกิจนอกระบบในกรุงเทพไดเ้ปิดเผยใหเ้ห็นว่าช่วงกลางปี2563ซ่งึ เป็นช่วงเวลาของการเปิดประเทศรอบแรก(หลงัการระบาดของโควิด19)จนถึงกลางปี2564บรรดาลกูจา้ง...

दिल्ली, भारत में COVID-19 संकट और असंगठित क्षेत्र: चालू आर्थिक प्रभाव और असमान रिकवरी

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Bangkok, Thailand: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

This report presents the Bangkok findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that was conducted...

Informal Workers in Senegal: A Statistical Profile

In Senegal, 84 per cent of employment is informal. This brief examines six groups of informal workers who comprised over three-quarters of...

Cooperativas de catadores – colchão amortecedor contra os piores impactos da pandemia

• As cooperativas de catadores funcionaram como um colchão amortecedor para os catadores do Brasil (termo pelo qual são conhecidos no país)...

Impactos da pandemia de Covid-19 sobre a Reciclagem Inclusiva nas Cooperativas de Catadores no Brasil: Análise Comparativa 2020 – 2021

Principais Achados: As cooperativas foram rápidas na implementação dos protocolos COVID-19 nos seus galpões, conseguindo assim maior credibilidade...

Press Release: WIEGO study reveals informal workers in Accra are in crisis with no recovery and no relief: going hungry, earning less than before the pandemic

A global, multi-city study by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) has found that informal workers in Accra are...

Cooperatives Cushion Catadores Against Worst of Pandemic

Key Points Waste-picker cooperatives cushioned Brazil’s waste pickers (known locally as catadores) against the worst economic impacts of...