WIEGO Individual Members

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

 

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

 

 

Max Gallien

UK

Institute of Development Studies
University of Sussex
International Centre for Tax and Development

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

 

Francie Lund

South Africa

Independent Consultant

Jacqui MacDonald

Canada

Independent Consultant

Roopa Madhav

India

 

Masuma Mamdani

Tanzania

Ifakara Health Institute

Anna Marriott

UK

Independent Consultant

Karen McCabe

USA

Mount Wachusett Community College

Kate Meagher

 

Development Practitioner

Firoza Mehrotra

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

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