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    Response To Zero Draft Of The New Urban Agenda: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

    The New Urban Agenda, the next global commitment for sustainable urban development, holds immense potential as a transformative plan of action...

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    Los papeles de Panamá: Informalidad en la punta de la pirámide económica

    A menudo, la informalidad es definida como la falta de pago de los impuestos pertinentes. Bajo esta premisa, es considerada como un gran...

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    Dignity Returned: How Former Thai Factory Workers Launched a Cooperative Based on Decent Work

    By Carlin Carr

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    Bega kwa Bega: Shoulder to Shoulder, Achieving Their Goals

    By Leslie Vryenhoek In a Nairobi slum, the women of Bega kwa Bega are checking linens—table runners, decorative cushion covers and an ingenious...

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    The Panama Papers: Informality at the Tip of the Economic Pyramid

    Informality is often defined as the failure to pay taxes due. And informality so defined is seen as a key challenge for the revenue systems...

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    Five Women Informal Workers Share Their Challenges in Accessing Health Services

    The poor face many challenges in accessing health services.

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    Cinco trabajadoras en empleo informal comparten sus dificultades para acceder a los servicios de salud

    Las personas pobres enfrentan grandes desafíos para acceder a los servicios de salud. Sin embargo, las trabajadoras y trabajadores en condiciones...

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    La visibilidad importa: nuevas publicaciones enlazan género y problemas del reciclaje

    Por Sonia Dias y Ana Carolina Ogando

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    Informal Employment and the Global Financial Crisis in a Middle-Income Country

    What happens to informal employment during an economic crisis? The conventional wisdom is that the informal sector—which consists of small,...

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    Visibility Matters: New Publications Bridge Gender and Waste Issues

    By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando

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