Why African Craft Makers Should Understand Supply Chains Better
African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could...
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Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre
It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they...
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Bokk Diom Mobilizes Against Partial Closure of Mbeubeuss Dumpsite in Dakar
The Association of Waste Pickers Bokk Diom demands that Senegal’s government keeps its promises of inclusion as the closure of West Africa’s...
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Uganda’s Constitutional Court Holds Vagrancy Laws Unconstitutional
In a ground-breaking decision for street vendors and other informal workers, the Constitutional Court of Uganda found the country’s vagrancy...
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5 Local Actions to Support the Informal Workforce that Should Go Global
In promoting a better urban future, the United Nations recently called for the sharing of transformative approaches to local action – what...
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Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi
Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...
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Waste Pickers Organize Into a Cooperative: Will Senegal Include Them in its Waste Management Plan?
Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model...
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World Bank’s Push for Individual Savings Provides Little Protection for Crisis-hit Workers
A recently launched report by the World Bank that provides guidance on how to expand Social Protection for the Informal Economy in Africa...
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Norma Palacios, a domestic worker leader in Mexico City
Norma Palacios is one of the co-founders and leaders of SINACTRAHO, a domestic workers’ union in Mexico that seeks to raise awareness of...
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Renu, a Vendor Leader in Bangkok, Thailand
ภาษาไทย Renu is the leader of the Muubaan Nakila Service Cooperative, which is active in her housing estate in Bangkok. Along with other...
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