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  • Research Reports

    Women Workers and the Politics of Claims-Making in a Globalizing Economy

    The paper analyses the evolving politics of claims-making by women workers in the Global South in the context of a globalized economy. It...

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  • Research Reports

    Waste Pickers: Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management

    Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

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  • Research Reports

    Street Vendors in Asia: A Review

    This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different...

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  • Research Reports

    Rising from the Waste– Organising Wastepickers in India, Thailand and the Philippines

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  • Journal Articles

    Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Challenge for Trade Unions. International Politics and Society

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Organising Street Vendors: “Gente de Confiar” Radio Progamme, Lima, Peru

    An authentically democratic community requires open channels of communication between citizens. Street markets offer a natural setting for...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Street Traders and their Organisations in South Africa

    From the booklet, “The main aim of the research and booklet is to help build strong local and national organisations so that street...

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  • Journal Articles

    The Micro Political Economy of Gains by Unorganised Workers in India

    This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of...

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  • Journal Articles

    Planning and the Self-Organization of MarketplacesJournal of Planning Education and Research

    The number of marketplaces in the United States is growing rapidly. This growth belies the long history of marketplaces and signals their...

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  • Research Reports

    Extending Labor Standards to Informal Workers at the Base of Global Garment Value Chains: New Institutions in the Labor Market

    This report presents three examples of emerging institutional arrangements in the labor market from the perspective of the author who works...

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