Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima

This report analyses the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly) informal workers in Peru and Metropolitan Lima for 2009. Potential issues for three types of informal workers – street/stall vendors, household1 workers and waste pickers — are highlighted throughout the report due to their significant presence in informal employment, the gender distribution and recent organisation activity which relates to the advocacy role of Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO).