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  • Statistical Briefs

    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...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Chile: A Statistical Profile

    WIEGO’s latest Statistical Brief, Informal Workers in Chile: A Statistical Profile, provides insight into the impact ​ ​COVID-19 and the...

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  • Brazilian catadora with recyclables Statistical Briefs

    Catadores de materiais recicláveis no Brasil: um perfil estatístico

    O Brasil é líder no reconhecimento de seus mais de 281.000 catadores informais em cadeias de reciclagem e nas estatísticas oficiais do...

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  • Brazilian catadora with recyclables Statistical Briefs

    Waste Pickers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile

    Brazil is a leader in recognizing its more than 281,000 informal waste pickers in recycling chains and the country’s official statistics....

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  • A home-based weaver in Nepal Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in Nepal, 2017/18: A Statistical Profile

    There are over 1.5 million home-based workers in Nepal who represent 22 per cent of total employment. About 1.01 million of these workers...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in the World: A Statistical Profile

    This brief presents key indicators on home-based workers and their work across the world. Globally, 260 million women and men produce goods...

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  • Pakistan home-based worker - cover photo SB26 Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in Pakistan: A Statistical Profile

    In recent years, home-based work has grown in Pakistan. This growth is due to an increase in the number of women doing home-based work, while...

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  • Home-based potter in Bangladesh Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in Bangladesh: A Statistical Profile

    In Bangladesh, there were about 3.2 million non-agricultural and 7.4 million agricultural home-based workers, according to the 2016/17 Labour...

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  • Woman waste picker in India Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in India: A Statistical Profile

    Employment in India is overwhelmingly informal: 90 per cent of all workers are employed under informal arrangements nationally; in urban...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Mexico: A Statistical Snapshot

    This Brief provides statistics on the informal economy and categories of informal workers in Mexico. The data in this brief are based on...

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