Theme: Urban Planning and Design

Women who work from home ‘shrouded in a cloak of invisibility’

“When we think of work-from-home, let us enable and promote better living and working conditions not just for the elite, but also for the...

Ghanaian government leaves waste pickers to fend for themselves amidst COVID-19 pandemic

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with informal workers worldwide struggling to earn a living, the Ghanaian government began the decommissioning...

El gobierno de Ghana deja desamparadas a las personas recicladoras en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19

En medio de la pandemia de COVID-19, mientras las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal de todo el mundo luchan por sobrevivir, el gobierno...

Le gouvernement ghanéen laisse les récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux se débrouiller seul·e·s face à la pandémie de la COVID-19

En pleine pandémie COVID-19, alors que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel du monde entier luttent pour gagner leur vie, le gouvernement...

Impactos da pandemia de COVID-19 sobre reciclagem inclusiva no Brasil

No Place for Street Vendors: Global Capital and Local Exclusion in an East Asian Immigrant Enclave of New York City

The survey on which this Resource Document is based shows that, for many people in the New York City neighbourhood of Flushing, a good neighbourhood...

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inclusive Recycling in Brazil

Totally reshaping our systems of inclusive recycling is important if we take into consideration that waste pickers are an essential part...

Informal Economy Revisited bookcover

The Informal Economy Revisited – landmark book in open access

This open-access book, edited by Martha Chen and Françoise Carré, brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts,...

Panorama dos impactos da pandemia COVID-19 na reciclagem inclusiva no Brasil