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  • Advocacy Materials

    “It’s impossible to afford this kind of living”: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Street Vendors in Bangkok, Thailand

      This leaflet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting street vendors in Bangkok, Thailand. It draws on exploratory research conducted...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    ผลกระทบจากวิกฤตค่าครองชีพต่อแรงงานนอกระบบในกรุงเทพมหานคร

    วิกฤติค่าครองชีพส่งผลกระทบต่อแรงงานนอกระบบในกรุงเทพหลายๆด้าน หนึ่งในนั้นคือ การที่แรงงานต้องลดการบริโภคในครัวเรือนลง แผ่นพับฉบับนี้เป็นข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายและแนวปฏิบัติ...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    How the Cost-of-Living Crisis Hurts Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

    The cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok in many ways, including forcing their households to cut...

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  • The stall of a trader in Tema Station Market in Accra, Ghana Post
    Fiscal Justice

    The Creation of Sustainable Cities Shouldn’t be Paid for by the Working Poor

    Financing a sustainable urban future requires governments to shift their focus from taxing the informal economy to providing urban infrastructure,...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Impactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil

    Principais conclusões: Experiências com eventos climáticos sérios: Muitas catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis (91%) vivenciaram,...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Weekly Markets in Delhi: A market that comes to you (Map)

    The weekly markets of Delhi have historically served a critical economic and cultural function. Moving markets that are set up in different...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Climate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil

    From 2022 to 2023, WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, led an exploratory...

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  • On 4 May 2023 in Dakar, Bokk Diom waste pickers demonstrated against a government measure that will limit their access to Mbeubeuss dumpsite Post
    Building Collective Power

    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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  • Street vendors in Accra, Ghana. Post
    Access to Public Space

    Building Street Vendor Power in the Face of Repression in African Cities

    Street vendors across the Global South are exposed to repeated cycles of evictions. In the African cities of Accra, Dakar and Durban, vendors...

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  • Street vendors in Accra, Ghana. Post
    Access to Public Space

    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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