Individual Members of WIEGO are drawn from two constituencies:
- researchers, statisticians or academics who study the informal economy
- professionals in development agencies who work on issues related to the informal economy.
See also Institutional Members of WIEGO
Current Individual Members of WIEGO
Please note that these are individual members; their institutional affiliation is listed for identification purposes only.
Samir Aita |
Tunisia |
Professor of International Economics, PSL University of Paris Dauphine |
Uma Rani Amara |
Switzerland |
International Labour Organization |
Nana Akua Anyidoho |
Ghana |
University of Ghana |
Stephanie Barrientos |
UK |
University of Manchester |
Kaushik Basu |
USA |
World Bank |
Grace Bediako |
Ghana |
Ghana Statistical Service |
Lourdes Beneria |
USA |
Cornell University |
Elaine Bernard |
USA |
Harvard Law School |
Gautam Bhan |
India |
IIHS Bangalore City Campus |
Owusu Boampong |
Ghana |
University of Cape Coast |
Chris Bonner |
South Africa |
Independent Consultant |
Florence Bonnet |
Switzerland |
International Labour Organization |
Vanessa van den Boogaard |
Canada |
International Centre for Tax and Development |
Jan Breman |
Netherlands |
International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam |
Barbro Budin |
France |
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations |
Vanesa Castan Broto |
UK |
Urban Institute, University of Sheffield |
Jacques Charmes |
France |
Scientific Research Institute for Development |
Rafael Blancas Chauca |
Peru |
Independent Consultant |
Nancy Chau |
USA |
Cornell University |
Poornima Chikarmane |
India |
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Edith Essie Clarke |
Ghana |
Ghana Health Service |
Thomas Coggin |
South Africa |
University of the Witwatersrand |
Sarah Cook |
Italy |
UNICEF Institute INNCENTI |
Megan Corrarino |
USA |
Independent Consultant |
Verónica Crossa |
Mexico |
El Colegio de México |
Debra Davis |
UK |
Independent Consultant |
Anisa Desai |
South Africa |
Independent Consultant |
Sukti Dhital |
New York |
Executive Director of the Robert and Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law |
Donna Doane |
Thailand |
Independent Consultant |
Richard Dobson |
South Africa |
Asiye eTtafuleni |
Maria Eugenia Duque Daza |
Colombia |
Field Researcher/MBO facilitator for IEMS 2012 |
Diane Elson |
UK |
University of Essex |
Simel Esim |
Switzerland |
International Labour Organization |
Luis Esleva |
Australia |
La Trobe University |
Valeria Esquivel |
Switzerland |
UNRISD |
Luis Fernando |
Mexico |
Laboratorio para la Democracia |
Jennifer N. Fish |
USA |
Old Dominion University |
Marzia Fontana |
UK |
Institute of Development Studies Sussex |
Michael Frosch |
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Max Gallien |
UK |
Institute of Development Studies |
Dan Gallin |
Switzerland |
Global Labour Institute |
Sarah Gammage |
USA |
International Center for Research on Women |
Mary Goldsmith |
Mexico |
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco |
Caren Grown |
USA |
World Bank |
Margarita Guerrero |
Japan |
Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific |
Barbara Harriss-White |
UK |
Oxford University |
James Heintz |
USA |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Luciana Itikawa |
Brazil |
University of Sao Paulo |
Renana Jhabvala |
India |
Self-Employed Women’s Association |
Chandni Joshi |
Nepal |
Independent Consultant |
Naila Kabeer |
UK |
London School of Economics |
Ravi Kanbur |
USA |
Cornell University |
Johanna Chao Kreilick |
USA |
Open Society Foundations |
Lucita Lazo |
Philippines |
Independent Consultant |
Lin Lean Lim |
Malaysia |
Independent Consultant |
Rakawin Leechanavanichphan |
Thailand |
International Labour Organization |
José Luján |
Mexico |
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Francie Lund |
South Africa |
Independent Consultant |
Jacqui MacDonald |
Canada |
Independent Consultant |
Roopa Madhav |
India |
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Masuma Mamdani |
Tanzania |
Ifakara Health Institute |
Anna Marriott |
UK |
Independent Consultant |
Karen McCabe |
USA |
Independent Consultant |
Kate Meagher |
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Development Practitioner |
Firoza Mehrotra |
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Santosh Mehrotra |
India |
Planning Commission |
Carmelo Mesa-Lago |
USA |
University of Pittsburgh |
Jyoti Mhapsekar |
India |
Stree Mukti Sanghtana |
Nidhi Mirani |
USA |
Service Employees International Union |
Winnie Mitullah |
Kenya |
University of Nairobi |
Caroline Moser |
UK |
University of Manchester |
Patrick Ndlovu |
South Africa |
Asiye eTafuleni |
Rodrigo Negrete |
Mexico |
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía |
Blagica Novkovska |
Macedonia |
State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia |
Esther Ofei-Aboagye |
Ghana |
Institute of Local Government Studies |
Bernard Outah Onyango |
Kenya |
WFTO-Africa |
Pierella Paci |
USA |
World Bank |
Ruth Pearson |
UK |
University of Leeds |
Mercedes Pedrero |
Mexico |
Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias - UNAM |
Xizhe Peng |
China |
Fudan University |
Francisco Perez-Lima |
Peru |
Fudan University |
Sophie Plagerson |
South Africa |
University of Johannesburg and Centre of Social Development in Africa |
Marianna Prandini Assis |
Brazil |
Federal University of Goiás, Brazil |
Berenice P. Ramírez López |
Mexico |
Institute of Economic Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Govindan Raveendran |
India |
Independent Consultant |
Shahra Razavi |
USA |
UN Women |
Pablo Rey Mazón |
Spain |
Montera34 and Basurama |
Glen Robbins |
South Africa |
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
François Roubaud |
France |
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Ashwani Saith |
Netherlands |
Institute of Social Studies |
Melanie Samson |
South Africa |
Independent Consultant |
Norma Sanchis |
Argentina |
Asociacion Civil Lola Mora |
Kamala Sankaran |
India |
University of Delhi |
Anne Scheinberg |
Netherlands |
WASTE |
Hubert Schmitz |
UK |
Institute of Development Studies Sussex |
Jennefer Sebstad |
USA |
Independent Consultant |
Kunal Sen |
UK |
University of Manchester |
Salem V. Sethuraman |
USA |
Independent Consultant |
Alakh Sharma |
India |
Institute for Human Development |
Navsharan Singh |
India |
International Development Research Center |
Sally Smith |
UK |
Independent Consultant |
Dave Spooner |
UK |
Global Labour Institute |
Silke Staab |
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UN Women |
William Steel |
Ghana |
University of Ghana |
Ratna Sudarshan |
India |
Institute for Social Studies Trust |
Neil Tangri |
USA |
Independent Consultant |
Victor Tokman |
Chile |
University of Chile |
Dela Quarshie Twum |
Ghana |
Independent Consultant |
Jeemol Unni |
India |
Institute of Rural Management/Anand |
Ricardo Valencia |
Colombia |
CEMPRE |
Patricia Balda Valenzuela |
Peru |
Independent Consultant |
Imraan Valodia |
South Africa |
University of Witwatersrand |
Carmen Vildoso Chirinos |
Peru |
Independent Consultant |
Jeffrey Vogt |
USA |
Solidarity Center / ILAW Network |
Leah Vosko |
Canada |
York University |
Leslie Vryenhoek |
Canada |
Independent Consultant |
Jacqueline Wambui |
USA |
International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network |
Robert Wanzusi Matukhu |
Uganda |
Uganda Public Employees Union |
Carol Wills |
UK |
Independent Consultant |
Phumzile Xulu |
South Africa |
Independent Consultant |