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REBUILD: COVID-19 and Women in the Informal economy in Kenya, Uganda and India
(International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 2020-12-22)The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought a global socio-economic crisis with profound implications for the well-being of individuals, households and communities. It has further deepened existing social inequalities and the ... -
Siembra Desarrollo: una apuesta hacia una pequeña agricultura y alimentación resilientes al COVID-19
(RIMISP, 2020-10-29)El autor de este Análisis de Coyuntura, nuestro investigador Miguel Albacete, nos presenta el proyecto Siembra Desarrollo. Pequeña agricultura y alimentación resilientes al COVID-19 que surge con la ambición de contribuir ... -
Comercio internacional de alimentos durante la pandemia. Un acercamiento para promover sistemas agroalimentarios resilientes y sostenibles
(RIMISP, 2020-12-01)Los autores de este Análisis de Coyuntura, Alberto Cano, Investigador junto a Camilo Quesada y Valentina Martínez asistentes de investigación de Rimisp, nos presentan en este estudio como la globalización ha llevado a que ... -
Inseguridad alimentaria en tiempos de COVID-19: Evidencia de ocho territorios latinoamericanos
(RIMISP, 2021-03-16)Los autores de este Análisis de Coyuntura, los investigadores Alberto Cano, Miguel Albacete y el asistentes de investigación Camilo Quesada de Rimisp, nos presentan en este estudio como la pandemia del COVID-19 ha puesto ... -
Evolución del costo de los alimentos ante el COVID-19
(RIMISP, 2021-01-27)Los autores de este Análisis de Coyuntura, María José Castillo investigadora junto a Marisol Galicia y Francisco Castellanos, ambos asistentes de investigación de Rimisp, nos presentan en este estudio como la pandemia ... -
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-01)COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households. Using a survey questionnaire ... -
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Durban, South Africa
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-01)COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households. Using a survey questionnaire ... -
How Technology can be Deployed to Scale-up Social Protection During COVID-19: The Case of South Africa, Nigeria and Africa
(Research ICT Africa, 2021-01-15)This RIA policy brief examines how technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), can be deployed to scale social protection programmes as well as reduce corruption in the disbursement of social protection grants, which ... -
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Home-Based Workers in Tiruppur, India
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-01)COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households. Using a survey questionnaire ... -
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Delhi, India
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2020-12)COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households. Using a survey questionnaire ... -
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Sector: Informal Workers in Bangkok, Thailand
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-02)COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of Informal Workers and their households. Using a survey questionnaire ... -
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Ahmedabad, India
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2020-12)COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households, using a survey questionnaire ... -
Older Informal Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO, 2021-05)In the study, older informal workers are defined as those aged 60 or older. Approximately 13 per cent (288) of the sampled informal workers are older workers, with 63 per cent of them women and 37 per cent men. Men are ... -
The Triple Crisis: Impact of COVID-19 on Informal Workers’ Care Responsibilities, Paid Work and Earnings
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-03)The COVID-19 pandemic can be understood as a triple crisis. At its origin it is a public health crisis and government responses to contain the virus through lockdowns, border closures and social distancing have led to ... -
Essential, but Unprotected: How Have Informal Workers Navigated the Health Risks of the Pandemic?
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-04)Between February and June 2020: 1.Informal workers have delivered essential services throughout the pandemic, which directly exposed them to physical and mental health risks and threatened their welfare. 2. Despite the ... -
La crisis del COVID-19 y la economía informal: Trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal en Ciudad de México, México
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-03)La crisis del COVID-19 y la economía informal es un estudio longitudinal llevado a cabo por WIEGO en 12 ciudades. Este estudio se propone evaluar el impacto de la crisis del COVID-19 en grupos ocupacionales específicos de ... -
La crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal: Trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal en Lima, Perú
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-02)La crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal es un estudio longitudinal liderado por WIEGO en 12 ciudades del mundo, que se enfoca en grupos específicos de trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal y sus hogares. ... -
Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2020-11)Data from the first round of the study shows the following common patterns across worker groups and continents: 1. Workers experienced a sudden and massive drop in earnings, which had severe consequences for workers and ... -
Informal Workers and the Social Protection Response to COVID-19: Who Got Relief? How? And Did it Make a Difference?
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2020-12)In March and April 2020, it became clear that the world was facing an unprecedented pandemic and government after government began imposing strict lockdown measures. As these measures were implemented it also became ... -
La crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle : récupératrice·eur·s de déchets en emploi informel à Dakar, Sénégal
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-03)La crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle, une étude longitudinale menée dans 12 villes, sous la conduite de WIEGO, se propose d’évaluer l’impact de la crise pandémique sur certains groupes de travailleuse·eur·s ...
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