Programme: Urban Policies Programme

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...

Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and...

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...

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...

Belo Horizonte Selective Waste Collection Programme