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  • Research Reports

    Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa

    SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy: Beyond the Weapons of the Weak

    Analyzes how women workers are using organization and mobilization to enforce their rights.

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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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  • Briefs

    Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming

    Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte...

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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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