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

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

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”

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