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    COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities – Executive Summary

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    COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities - Executive Summary Round 2 (396.3Kb)
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    2022-06
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    WIEGO
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    Key findings include: Earnings for informal workers interviewed are still far below their pre-pandemic levels. By mid-2021, the typical worker was only earning 64%2 of her/his pre-COVID-19 earnings. Most respondents have not fully recovered their ability to work. The average number of days worked per week was only four in mid-2021, still considerably lower than the 5.5-day average in the pre-pandemic period. Home-based workers have been particularly hard-hit, especially subcontracted workers. In mid-2021, typical earnings of this group were only 2% of pre-pandemic levels, reflecting the depth of devastation in this predominantly female sector. Subcontracted home-based workers, who depend on orders paid by piece rate, were hardest hit among this group.
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    https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17507
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    WIEGO (2022) 'COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities,' Executive Summary, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)
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    https://www.wiego.org/publications/covid-19-and-informal-work-11-cities-executive-summary
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