a different approach to policy
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Session 5. A Different Approach to PolicyIIED-GEC-WIEGO-CIFOR-OECD Event: Informality and Green &
Inclusive GrowthSally Roever, WIEGO Network
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Poverty Risk
Average Earnings Segmentation by Sex
Low
High
Employers
Predominantly Men
Informal Wage
Workers: “Regular”
Men and Women
Inf ormal Wage Workers: Casual
Industrial Outworkers/Homeworkers
Predominantly Women
High
Low Unpaid Family Workers
Own Account Operators
Segmentation Of The Informal Economy: By Average Earnings, Poverty Risk And Sex
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The Policy Contribution to Less Remunerative, Less Productive, Less Secure Employment
Home-Based Work: Low Quality Housing,
InfrastructureStreet Vending:
Evictions, ConfiscationsWaste Recycling:
Prohibitions on Access
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Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), 2012
Full Sample (n=1950):• Informal employment is main source of household
income for 80 per cent• Average household size = 5+
Size of Home1-2 Rooms3 Rooms
Confisc
ation
s
Harassm
ent
Evict
ions
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Street VendorsMarket Traders
Problems at workplace
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Multiple spaces for less powerful groups to develop proposals
Bridge between short-term needs and long-term processes
Key Elements of “A Different Approach to Policy”
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Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) co-founded in 1990 by Nohra Padilla and Silvio Ruiz
▼Legal Campaign (20 years) with technical support from
pro bono lawyers and NGOs led by Nohra Padilla▼
First Global Waste Picker Conference, Bogota (2008)▼
Constitutional Court Victory (2011)▼
Successful Bid for Solid Waste Management Contract (2012)
▼Waste Picker Integration Model Launched in
Bogota (2013)Goldman Environmental Award to Nohra Padilla
(2013)▼
National Ruling to Replicate Bogotá Model throughout Colombia (2014)
Colombia: Pathway toward Inclusion and Sustainability