Informal Economy
Previous Events
Dossier Presentation: "Wastepickers: a global perspective of the first link at the recycling chain" Dec.13, 2008: "The Other Economy City", Rome, Italy
The Dossier is compiled by Cecilia Ruberto (italian researcher) and Lucia Fernandez, and includes different articles from Argentinian, Indian, Brazilian, Romanian and Egyptian researchers-specialists.
more info: pdf flyer | website
en Español:
La Presentación del Expediente: "Recicladores: una perspectiva global del primer eslabón en la cadena de reciclado" que se celebrará el próximo sábado Dic. 13, en "La Ciudad de la Otra Economía," en Roma, Italia.
http://www.cittadellaltraeconomia.org/home/images/programma_fae.pdf
El expediente está compilado por Cecilia Ruberto (investigadora italiana) y por mi, e incluye diferentes artículos de especialistas e investigadores argentinos, indios, brasileños, rumanos y egipcios.* Para más información, remítase a la invitación y vea la presentación en breve: http://issuu.com/basurita/docs/raccogliatori_de_residu
UN-Habitat Innovations Seminar
Managing Urban Informal Economies –
21st Century Innovations
March 2008
Burgeoning urban informal economies are an integral part of 21st century cities, and the street is increasingly the new place of work for the urban poor. This event brought forward recent debates sponsored by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UN-HABITAT, to explore innovations in harnessing the informal economy in the fight against urban poverty. read more...