WIEGO Resource Documents include our literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, and papers that reflect the findings from new empirical work. They provide details to support advocacy, policy, or research on specific issues.


Boda-boda rider Uganda

Musiitwa, Moses and John Mark Mwanika, David Musoke, Annie Devenish and Temilade Sesan. 2024. New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the KAMBE Savings and Credit Cooperative in Uganda. WIEGO Resource Document No. 42

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tanzania crafts

Bonner, Chris. 2024. Craft Supply Chains in Africa: Consolidating Our Findings. WIEGO Resource Document No. 41

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Consideraciones sobre el Ingreso Mínimo Vital para la Ciudad de México

Ramírez López, Berenice P., y Badillo González, Gabriel. 2023. Consideraciones sobre el Ingreso Mínimo Vital para la Ciudad de México. Documento de consulta de WIEGO n.° 40

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Mecanismos de seguridad social para personas trabajadoras en empleo informal en la Ciudad de México

Ramírez López, Berenice P., y Badillo González, Gabriel. 2023. Mecanismos de seguridad social para personas trabajadoras en empleo informal en la Ciudad de México. Documento de consulta de WIEGO n.° 39

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Lima vendor

Reed, Sarah Orleans and Caroline Skinner. 2023. Street Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities. WIEGO Resource Document No. 38

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Jethi Varjin

Chikarmane, Poornima and Lakshmi Narayanan. 2023. I Will Not Auction My Back! Lessons from Maharashtra’s Welfare Boards in Financing Social Protection for Informal Workers. WIEGO Resource Document No. 37

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Domestic Workers Dominican Republic

Mariana Prandini Assis. 2023. Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Analyzing the Implementation of C189 in Latin America and the Caribbean. WIEGO Resource Document No. 36

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Trabajadora voluntaria de limpia en la Ciudad de México durante su jornada de recolección de residuos domiciliarios. Foto: Angie Queupumil

Fernández, Luis y León, Ximena. 2023. Procesamiento y sistematización de información sobre las personas trabajadoras de limpia en la Ciudad de México. Documento de consulta de WIEGO n.º 35

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Waste Pickers Argentina

Andrés Cappa, Ariel Bertellotti, Mariano Murad, Julieta Campana, Paula Basílico, Florian Juergens-Grant. 2023. Efforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation. WIEGO Resource Document No. 34

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SWaCH Pune

Chikarmane, Poornima and Lakshmi Narayanan. 2023. Pune Waste Pickers’ Innovative Efforts to Fund the Extension of Decent Work and Social Protection. WIEGO Resource Document No. 33

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Harvey, Jenna. 2023. Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities. WIEGO Resource Document No. 32

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Ismail, Ghida and Ogando, Ana Carolina. 2023. Domestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six Cities. WIEGO Resource Document No. 31

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Aura Sevilla, Men Sinoeun. 2023. Home-Based Workers' Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia. WIEGO Resource Document No. 30

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New Forms of Social Insurance - Resource Document 29

Asafu-Adjaye, Prince. 2022. New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC-UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana. WIEGO Resource Document No. 29

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Home-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis - Resource Document 28

Chen, Martha and Shalini Sinha. 2022. Home-Based Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities. WIEGO Resource Document No. 28

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The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk - Resource Document 27

Martha Chen. 2022. The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? A Case Study from Ahmedabad, India. WIEGO Resource Document No. 27

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MUPROSI

Nakmak Douti and Abdou-Rakim Bouraima. 2022. New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo. WIEGO Resource Document No. 26

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FIWON

Temilade Sesan. 2022. New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the FIWON Cooperative Scheme in Nigeria. WIEGO Resource Document No. 25

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Street vendors in Durban Photo Credit: Jonathan Torgovnik

Pamhidzai Bamu, Laura Alfers, Rutendo Mudarikwa and Theodore Kamwimbi. 2022. Social Protection for Self-Employed Informal Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rights-based assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. WIEGO Resource Document No. 24

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waste picker brazil

Dias, Sonia, Ricardo Abussafy and Juliana Gonçalves. 2022. Inclusive Recycling in Waste Picker Cooperatives in Brazil: Impacts of COVID-19 Comparative Analysis 2020-2021. WIEGO Resource Document No. 23

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COVID-19 emergency laws: survey of 7 Asian countries

Bamu, Pamhidzai and Krithika A. Dinesh. 2021. The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Asia. WIEGO Resource Document No. 22

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Diana, 35, street vendor at an open-air market in the Gustavo A. Madero Municipality, Mexico City.

Marchiori, Teresa and Mariana Prandini Assis. 2021. The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Street Vendors and Market Traders: Trends and Insights from Latin America. WIEGO Resource Document No. 21

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Women in street market, Accra

Boatang-Pobee, Lydia and Sarah Heneck, Anne Kamau, Francis Kapere, Kweku Kyere, Misiwe Maphumulo and Rachel Moussié. 2021. Women Informal Traders and Child Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Accra, Durban and Nakuru. WIEGO Resource Document No. 20

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Berenice P. Ramírez López. 2021. Consultoría técnica para estudio sobre mínimo vital. WIEGO Resource Documento de consulta de WIEGO n.° 19

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Brittany A. Thomas, Sonia M. Dias, Cynthia Deng, Mariana Pereira Guimarães. 2021. Ecosystem of Waste: The Role of Waste Pickers and Street Vendors in Curbing Coastal Pollution at Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. WIEGO Resource Document No. 18

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WIEGO Resource Document 17

Ryan Thomas Devlin. 2020. No Place for Street Vendors: Global Capital and Local Exclusion in an East Asian Immigrant Enclave of New York City. WIEGO Resource Document No. 17

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WIEGO Resource Document 16Natalia Torres. 2020. Historia del movimiento de las personas trabajadoras del hogar en México: CACEH, el Sindicato y acontecimientos recientes. Documento de consulta de WIEGO No 16

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WIEGO Resource Document 15

Okoye, Victoria. 2020. Street Vendor Exclusion in “Modern” Market Planning: A Case Study from Kumasi, Ghana. WIEGO Resource Document No. 15

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Resource Document No. 14

Bamu-Chipunza, Pamhidzai H. 2019. Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand. WIEGO Resource Document No. 14

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Resource Document No. 13Budlender, Debbie and Sera Rose Gondwe. 2019. Informal Economy Budget Analysis for Lilongwe City in Malawi. WIEGO Resource Document No. 13 

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Resource Document No. 12 Angsuthonsombat, Kannika. 2019. Bangkok’s Street Vending Ban: A Summary of the Research on the Social and Economic Impacts. WIEGO Resource Document No. 12

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PUB_R11_JennaHarvey_2019Harvey, Jenna. 2019. Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: A Review of Literature. WIEGO Resource Document No. 11

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PUB_R10_HornPat_2018Horn, Pat. 2018. Street Vendor Licensing and Permits — Reflections from StreetNet International. WIEGO Resource Document No. 10

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PUB_R9_JorgeCarrilloRodriguez_SarahOrleansReed_2018Jorge Carrillo-Rodriguez and Sarah Orleans Reed. 2018. If Street Food Disappears — Projecting the Cost for Consumers in Bangkok. WIEGO Resource Document No. 9

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 PUB_R8_PamhidzaiBamuChipunza_2018Pamhidzai H. Bamu-Chipunza. 2018. Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries. WIEGO Resource Document No. 8

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PUB_R7_AishaNansamba_2017Aisha Nansamba. 2017. Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia. WIEGO Resource Document No. 7

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PUB_R6_NanaAkuaAnyidoho_WilliamSteel_2016Nana Akua Anyidoho and William F. Steel. 2016. Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana. WIEGO Resource Document No. 6

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PUB_R5_DebbieBudlender_2015Debbie Budlender. 2015. Institutional Mapping of Child Care Actors. WIEGO Resource Document No. 5

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 PUB_R4_LauraAlfers_2015Laura Alfers. 2015. Literature Survey: Childcare and the Informal Economy. WIEGO Resource Document No. 4

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PUB_R3_LauraAlfers_2015Laura Alfers. 2015. Annotated Bibliography: Child Care and the Informal Economy. WIEGO Resource Document No. 3

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 PUB_R2_JamesDuminy_ThembiLuckett_2012James Duminy and updated by Thembi Luckett. 2012. Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. WIEGO Resource Document No. 2

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PUB_R1_JamesDuminy_2011James Duminy. 2011. Literature Survey: Informality and Planning. WIEGO Resource Document No. 1

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