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Informal economy

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Urban Refugee Economies: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Publication, 01 March 2018

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Urban refugees in Delhi: identity, entitlements and well-being

Publication, 01 October 2017

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Informal and Green? The forgotten voice in the transition to a green economy

Publication, 01 March 2014

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Golden practices that defy gloom

Publication, 01 October 2017

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Artisanal and small-scale mining: protecting those 'doing the dirty work'

Publication, 01 October 2014

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Small ventures, big hopes

Publication, 01 October 2017

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Urban informality and building a more inclusive, resilient and green economy

Publication, 01 December 2014

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Sapphire mines that become forests

Publication, 01 October 2017

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Informality and market governance in wood and charcoal value chains

Publication, 01 December 2014

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Refugee economies: lessons from Addis Ababa

Publication, 01 December 2017

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The rural informal economy: Understanding drivers and livelihood impacts in agriculture, timber and mining

Publication, 01 April 2015

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Sustainable diets in the informal economy

Publication, 16 October 2020

Jack fruit vendor spreads out their wares on the ground.

Putting informal food systems at the centre of sustainable diets

Insight, 16 October 2020

A woman wearing a mask pours chemicals into a bottle.

Addressing gendered and other inequalities will be central to COVID-19 recovery

Article, 11 September 2020

A man buying fresh fruit at a market stall.

How COVID-19 is impacting and changing East Africa’s agri-food systems

Article, 07 August 2020

Busy market scene, showing traders with their vegetables

Informal food markets offer diverse food products and crucial livelihood opportunities

News, 25 November 2019

Women work in an Agarbatti (incense stick) factory (Photo: Urban Health Resource Centre)

Unsmart, unsafe cities for informal workers: effective policy change will need better data

Insight, 05 April 2019

Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)

Addressing risks facing informal workers

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The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)

Mixing more voices into food policy

Insight, 10 October 2016

A man transports logs by bicycle. Services provided by informal economies, such as small-scale logging, are often not integrated into plans for green growth (Photo: Jolien Schure/CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Informal economy and green growth conference pinpoints need for new policy agenda

News, 31 March 2016

Early morning in Dogo, West Java, Indonesia: getting low-cost furniture ready for selling on the street corner (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Formalising the informal

Insight, 30 March 2016

Women in Ahmedabad, India, collect rubbish from 6,656 households that make up the slum area of Juna Vadaj, illustrating the energy and innovation that informal economies can bring to the sustainable development agenda (Photo: Pritpal Randhawa for STEPs)

Development frontiers

Insight, 21 March 2016

Chris at his roadside food stall. His day starts at 4pm and lasts until 10pm (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos. Pictures for IIED and Hivos)

Photo exhibition highlights varied and vibrant informal economies

Insight, 18 March 2016

Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Green grows the informal economy

Insight, 10 March 2016

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Informal sector

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)