WUNRN
Direct Link to Full 35-Page Study: http://www.inclusivecities.org/pdfs/GEC_Study.pdf
No Cushion to Fall Back
on:
The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers
Much has been said about the impact of the global economic crisis on those employed in the formal economy while its impact on those employed informally - in enterprises and as wage workers - has received little or no attention. To address the gap in information about the impact of the crisis on the working poor, WIEGO and its partners in the Inclusive Cities project collected information on the impact of the crisis on three categories of these workers - home-based workers, street vendors, and waste pickers.
Download the pdf: GEC Study (pdf 2.59 MB)
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ILO - International Labour
Organization
Direct Link to Full Report: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_103456.pdf
05 March 2009
ILO Warns Economic Crisis Could Generate Up to 22 Million More Unemployed Women in 2009, Jeopardize Equality Gains at Work and at Home
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WUNRN
Direct Link to Report:
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---gender/documents/publication/wcms_091605.pdf
2008
Women, Gender & the
Informal Economy:
An Assessment of ILO Research & Suggested Ways Forward
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