HOW DOES WIEGO WORK INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE

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HOW DOES WIEGO WORK?INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
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WHAT ELSE DOES WIEGO DO?GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• dialogue with mainstream economists on informal
  employment, labour markets, and trade
  liberalization
• major research publications on the informal
  economy
• highlighting of employment/informal employment as
  a) a key intermediary pathway between
  globalization, growth, and poverty outcomes and
  b) a target for economic policies and poverty
  reduction
• promotion of improved conceptual understanding of
  the causes, characteristics, and consequences of
  informal employment

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HOW DOES WIEGO WORK?

• types of activities
• research and statistical analysis
• documentation and dissemination of good practice
• technical consultations
• policy dialogues
• consultation with and networking of - MBOs of
  informal workers
• ways of working
• joint action of three constituencies
• collaborations with different organizations
• participation in relevant issue networks and
  expert groups
• defining features
• focus on concrete reality of working poor in the
  informal economy
• engagement with and networking of -
  member-based organizations of informal workers
• expertise of - and alliances between - its three
  constituencies
• technical expertise and activities on range of
  issues relating to informal workers