All posts in Urban Policies Programme
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Policy Briefs
The Municipal Waste and Citizenship Forum: A Platform for Social Inclusion and Participation
A critical source of success of the Belo Horizonte model of including waste pickers into urban plans has been the high level of organization...
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Books & Book Chapters
Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions
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Policy Briefs
Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India
The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women....
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Research Reports
The Urban Informal Workforce: Home-Based Workers
These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Lima, Peru
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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Trabalhadores Domiciliares em Lahore, Paquistão
City Report (English)
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WIEGO Publication Series
Informal Economy Budget Analysis: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...
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Resource Documents
Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana
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Research Reports
The Investment Climate for the Informal Economy: A Case of Durban, South Africa
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Books & Book Chapters
The State of the Informal Economy
Available as a download from HSRC Press website
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