Though over 2 billion people work in the #informaleconomy, the informal workforce is not well understood, remains undervalued and is widely stigmatized.
NEW Book calls for a paradigm shift in how the informal economy is perceived: ow.ly/XqoY50Az22U
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www.news24.com Covid-19 cuts SA employment figures by three million, women worst affected – study | News24 Thirty social science researchers from five South African universities helped to put together the study, which spans 11 reports with findings on health, employment and hunger. 
www.wiego.org Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC): Informal Workers & COVID-19: Impact and Vision for the Future Sixty-one per cent of all workers –2 billion people– are informally employed. Many of those who work informally, live in slums and their homes also serve as places of work. 