The Informal Workforce in a Global Economy: Pre-Crisis Trends and Post-Crisis Prospects

November 18, 2010
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Location: 205 Old North, Georgetown University

From pushcart vendors in Manhattan to rickshaw pullers in Calcutta, the informal economy has mushroomed around the world. How has the global economic crisis affected workers in the informal economy? Martha Chen of the Harvard Kennedy School and WIEGO, the global research policy network, spoke about policy debates on the informal economy and social inclusion in light of the current economic climate.

This event was cosponsored by the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

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About Martha Chen

Martha Chen is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and International Coordinator of the global research-policy network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). An experienced development practitioner and scholar, her areas of specialization are employment, gender, and poverty. Before joining Harvard in 1987, she had two decades of resident experience in Bangladesh working with BRAC (now the world's largest non-governmental organization),and in India where she served as field representative of Oxfam America for India and Bangladesh. Dr. Chen received a Ph.D. in South Asia Regional Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

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