COVID-19 and informal work: Distinct pathways of impact and recovery in 11 cities around the world

Chen, Martha A; Grapsa, Erofili; Ismail, Ghida; Rogan, Michael; Valdivia, Marcela; Alfers, Laura C; Harvey, Jenna; Ogando, Ana C; Reed, Sarah O; Roever, Sally

Title: COVID-19 and informal work: Distinct pathways of impact and recovery in 11 cities around the world
Creator: Chen, Martha A
Creator: Grapsa, Erofili
Creator: Ismail, Ghida
Creator: Rogan, Michael
Creator: Valdivia, Marcela
Creator: Alfers, Laura C
Creator: Harvey, Jenna
Creator: Ogando, Ana C
Creator: Reed, Sarah O
Creator: Roever, Sally
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2021
Date: 2021
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/473828
Identifier: vital:77685
Identifier: https://www.wiego.org/publications/covid-19-and-informal-work-distinct-pathways-impact-and-recovery-11-cities-around
Description: This paper presents findings from a study on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on informal workers in 11 cities across 5 regions of the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America and East-ern Europe). A unique feature of the study is that it examines the degree–and pathways–of impact on different sectors of informal workers and, within sectors, by key variables (status in employ-ment, place of work, goods/services provided, and gender). Also, the study provides insights from informal workers in their own words. The paper concludes with common demands for recovery by local organizations of informal workers and a call for a Better New Deal for informal workers. The study methods included a survey questionnaire for informal workers and in-depth interviews with informal worker leaders and organizers as well as repre-sentatives of government, civil society and academia. The survey was conducted by mobile phone and collected information on the ability to work, working hours, earnings and sector-specific con-straints to livelihoods at three points in time: mid-2020 (June–July) when the survey was carried out and two recall periods–April 2020 (period of peak lockdowns or restrictions in all study cities) and February 2020 (pre-COVID-19 reference period). The survey also collected information on health and safety, food security and hunger, care and other household responsibilities, relief measures and household coping strategies.
Format: 48 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Institute of Development Studies
Relation: Chen, M., Grapsa, E., Ismail, G., Rogan, M., Valdivia, M., Alfers, L., Harvey, J., Ogando, A.C., Reed, S.O. and Roever, S., 2021. COVID-19 and informal work: Distinct pathways of impact and recovery in 11 cities around the world. WIEGO: Manchester, UK
Relation: Institute of Development Studies volume 2021 number 1 1 48 2021
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Institute of Development Studies Statement (https://www.ids.ac.uk/)

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