Informal Economy Debates: Dominant Schools of Thought
Over the years, the debate on the informal economy has crystallized into four dominant schools of thought regarding the causes, composition,...
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Social Protection for Home-Based Workers in Thailand
Thailand is taking steps to give people access to basic social protection, including providing universal health care and pension systems. However,...
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Audiovisual Materials
Substitution of Animal Traction Vehicles in Bogota
In 2003, the national transit code sought to eradicate animal traction vehicles or animal pulled carts that would have affected hundreds...
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Advocacy Materials
Jobs and Livelihoods – a DFID Report (UK)
WIEGO was invited by ActionAid to join its panel to provide oral evidence to the UK Parliament’s Economic Development Strategy Framework...
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Step-by-step guide to reviewing and improving purchasing practices
Initial Lessons from the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Purchasing Practices Project. London. Ethical Trading Initiative.
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Informal Labor & Development: The way forward
Presentation given during panel discussion, “The Perspective of the Working Poor in the Informal Economy.” The panel was conducted...
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Audiovisual Materials
Crónicas de una lucha por la inclusión: Sustitución de Vehículos de Tracción Animal – Bogotá 2014
En el año 2003, el Código Nacional de Transito pretendía eliminar los vehículos de tracción animal. Esto afectaba a miles de recicladores...
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WIEGO Network Newsletters
WIEGO en el Mundo: Boletín Informativo, julio de 2015
Este número del boletín WIEGO incluye:
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Fair and Ethical Trade: An Explanation
This resource is a technical guide, commissioned by WIEGO. A single, technical and universally accepted definition of Fair Trade has been...
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Waste pickers in Colombia
In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional...
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