Programme: Urban Policies Programme

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...

Informação e trabalho: uma leitura sobre os catadores de material reciclável a partir das bases públicas de dados

Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce – Executive Summary

Executive summary of research report Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui.Informe disponible en español...

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...

Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal – Resumo do relatório

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.  

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedores Ambulantes em Acra, Gana

Relatórios das Cidades, Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

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...