Programme: Urban Policies Programme

Supporting Informal Livelihoods in Public Space: A Toolkit for Local Authorities

This toolkit is designed to assist city officials and other local authorities to adopt an inclusive approach to managing public space that...

Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...

Budget Brief 3: 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.

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos, Catadores, Participação e Cidadania – Novas Articulações?

This paper traces back the origins of the conceptual framework Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management, and examines how this concept...

Chapter 2 – Turning Warwick Around

No Cushion to Fall Back On The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers – Full Report

The research shows that informal enterprises and informal wage workers are affected in many of the same ways as formal firms and formal wage...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the home-based work sector in...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors