Urban Policies Programme

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India

In Ahmedabad, WIEGO partnered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings...

‘Life Has Educated Me’: Building Interpersonal Networks through the Jadibanagar Slum Upgrading Project

This study is a jointly produced outcome from the reflection and sharing of group participants in the Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP)....

Enhancing Productivity in the Urban Informal Economy

This publication argues for a radical and new policy paradigm, to promote inclusion of informal workers in urban dialogues, and mainstream...

Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

  This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series.   View list of all WIEGO briefs.

Enhancing Lobbying Capacity of Women Street Vendors: The Challenges in the Kenyan Policy Environment

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India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...

The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model

After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community...