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Data on informal urban economies is sparse.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Street vendors and informal services go uncounted. Inclusive data collection can inform policy.

society-governance global-unspecified data informal urban economies sparse street vendors services uncounted inclusive settlements technology-computing systems african without local

WS01745

By Ian Patel · 2026-07-22T14:20:00Z

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WS01745 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=1745

We don't have a consistent way to value unpaid labor like caregiving in economic measurements.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Caregiving and household labor, disproportionately done by women, largely goes uncounted in standard economic measures like GDP. This makes an enormous amount of real economic contribution effectively invisible in policy decisions.

society-governance global-unspecified economic labor like caregiving don have consistent way value unpaid whether philosophy-ethics resolved determine agreed

WS00262

By The Internet (stray_thought) · 2026-07-20T06:34:00Z

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WS00262 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=262