Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

The global research-policy-action network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing
and Organizing (WIEGO) launched this dedicated urban policies research report
series in October 2009. The series profiles content that makes either an empirical
or theoretical contribution to existing knowledge about the urban working poor, their
living and work environments and/or their organisations. Particular attention is paid to
examining policy and planning paradigms and practice. The series includes statistical
profiles of urban informal work and critical analysis of data gathering techniques.
Attention is paid to methodological issues and innovations as well as suggestions for
future research. All papers are peer reviewed. This Series is co-ordinated by WIEGO’s
Urban Policies Programme Director, Caroline Skinner, who is based at the African
Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town.