Urban Policies Programme

Policies, Regulations and Organizational Capacity of Women Street Vendors in Kenya

IDS Discussion Paper Number 299

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

Urdu Translation

Securing Livelihoods: A Gendered Analysis of Support Interventions available to Street Traders in the Durban Metropolitan Area

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...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-based Workers in Lahore, Pakistan

The study is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect the...

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings from Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa

Background Paper for the World Bank’s 2005 World Development Report