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Join WIEGO, Ford Foundation and UNU-WIDER for our webinar: Toward a Better Deal for Informal Workers - A Paradigm Shift Post-COVID
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DATE: April 13, 2021 from 9 to 11 am EDT.
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In mid-2020, Routledge Press published The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future. This volume edited by Martha Chen and Françoise Carré of WIEGO contains the reflecti ons of three-dozen renowned scholars from ten countries – across Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America and Europe – and several disciplines – anthropology, economics, labour law, political science, social policy, sociology, urban planning and design. As a whole, these reflections capture recent rethinking about the informal economy. They call for a paradigm shift in theory and research and in policies, laws and regulations regarding the informal economy: notably, a shift that includes a focus on “informality at the top”— on the informal practices of the State and Capital, not just Labour —and greater recognition of the consequences of these practices for the lived economic realities of informal workers. The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 on informal workers and their livelihoods makes the call for this paradigm shift and a ‘better deal” for informal workers all the more urgent.
In partnership with the Ford Foundation and UNU-WIDER, WIEGO is co-hosting an event to celebrate the volume and call attention to the future of informal work.
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Panelists will include:
- Laura Alfers, Rhodes University and WIEGO, South Africa;
- Gautam Bhan, International Institute of Human Settlements, India;
- Françoise Carré, WIEGO and University of Massachusetts Boston;
- Martha Chen, WIEGO and Harvard Kennedy School;
- Kate Meagher, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK;
- Sally Roever, WIEGO;
- Kunal Sen, UNU WIDER;
- Caroline Skinner, University of Cape Town and WIEGO, South Africa; and
- Speaker from Ford Foundation (to be confirmed).
LANGUAGES: Presentations in English, with Spanish and French interpretation.
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Please visit our event page for speaker bios and additional details.
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