Urban Policies Programme

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana

About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because...

Literature Survey: Informality and Planning

Street Trading

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima

This paper analyzes the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly)...

How to Analyse Government Budgets from an Informal Economy Perspective

Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis...

Understanding Formal and Informal Economy Labour Market Dynamics: A Conceptual and Statistical Review with Reference to South Africa

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

Pune’s Waste Pickers: Realities & Recommendations