All posts in Urban Policies Programme
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Resource Documents
Street Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities
This report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;...
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Research Reports
Re-building with Women: Amplifying their Voices in Ukraine’s Recovery
Even before Russia launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine on 24 February 2022, women workers, particularly those who are self-employed,...
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Resource Documents
Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities
Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...
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Resource Documents
Domestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six Cities
Key Findings Domestic workers’ ability to work and earn an income were negatively impacted throughout the pandemic and particularly at the...
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Policy/Position Documents
Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City
Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City WIEGO organized a dialogue on economic recovery for the informal...
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Resource Documents
Home-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities
In both mid-2020 and mid-2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households,...
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Toolkits and Guides
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...
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Policy Briefs
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...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Long Economic Covid for Informal Workers – Infographic
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Global Reports
COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities – Executive Summary
The longitudinal multi-city study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on informal workers finds that earnings are still far below their...
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