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Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India

A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the opportunity to move into improved housing on the city’s periphery.

Status Reinforcement in Emerging Economies: The Psychological Experience of Local Candidates Striving for Global Employment

In this paper, we explore the psychological experience of university-educated local workers from emerging economies striving to enter the global job market for managerial positions.

Expanding the Economic Potential of Women Informal Workers

The majority of women workers in developing countries – and a significant share of women workers in developed countries – are informally employed.

Eliminating Legal Barriers from the Perspective of the Informal Economy

This is a technical brief on the legal barriers to economic empowerment that women in the informal economy typically face.

Editorial: Urban Livelihoods: Reframing Theory and Policy

This paper, which also serves as an introduction to this special issue of Environment and Urbanization on urban livelihoods, draws on the WIEGO network’s experience to review the current state of know

Technology, Informal Workers and Cities: Insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

Technology is a key driver of change, not least in the world of work.

Leave No One Behind: A Call to Action for Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment

Empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps at work are central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet too many gaps persist. How to accelerate progress?

The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions

Abstract: Informal employment represents more than half of nonagricultural employment in most developing regions, contributes to the overall economy, and provides pathways to reduction of poverty and

The Urban Informal Economy: Towards More Inclusive Cities

Why the Very Poor Have Become Poorer

According to the Census Bureau, the percentage of Americans living in poverty is higher today than it was in the late 1960s.