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Livelihoods January 05, 2017Technology at the bottom of the economic pyramid: What’s inhibiting uptake by informal workers?
By Kendra Hughes
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Livelihoods December 21, 2016‘You don’t need Facebook to tell you how to pick waste’
Technology and innovation at the base of the economic pyramid Nisha is nineteen years old and spends her days hunched over a small board...
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Livelihoods December 14, 2016Los derechos de los recicladores y las recicladoras de Ciudad de México son reconocidos por la Comisión de Derechos Humanos
En agosto de 2016, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal (CDHDF) publicó por primera vez una Recomendación sobre el servicio...
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Livelihoods December 07, 2016Mexico City’s Waste Pickers Gain Support of City’s Human Rights Commission
In August 2016, Mexico City’s Commission on Human Rights (CDHDF) issued the first-ever recommendation on waste management service to...
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Livelihoods December 05, 2016Bangkok home-based workers find strength in numbers
Down a small alleyway off of a busy Bangkok road, a residential workshop the size of a small corner store rarely stops humming. The workers,...
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Livelihoods November 04, 2016A Union for All: Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini market vendors join hands with formal workers in model solidarity
By Carlin Carr
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Livelihoods October 28, 2016Five Case Studies that Illustrate Steps Toward an Inclusive City
Creating “inclusive cities” is a hot topic right now. Habitat III has just wound up in Quito, Ecuador – the UN’s urban conference that brought...
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Livelihoods September 21, 2016“Our role has been to make the informal economy visible and give it validity”
Renana Jhabvala discusses the UN Secretary-General’s first-ever High-level Panel (UN HLP) for Women’s Economic EmpowermentRenana Jhabvala...
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Livelihoods September 08, 2016Domestic workers in Johannesburg: Hidden, vulnerable and essential
By Leslie VryenhoekDomestic workers represent a vast, hidden and essential workforce whose efforts inside private homes allow their employers...
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Livelihoods August 31, 2016Child care for women informal workers proves essential to earning power
By Rachel Moussié Women’s economic empowerment is a central feature of development debates today. A key focus is the economic and social...
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