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Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil

By on November 01, 2012

This brief summarizes and critically analyses the proposed methodology for payment of waste pickers for services rendered to the environment formulated by Brazil’s Institute of Applied Economics.  Brazil is currently experimenting with this approach.

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IJgosse, Jeroen. Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil. WIEGO Technical Brief No. 6, , . WIEGO, 2012. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IJgosse_WIEGO_TB6.pdfIJgosse, J. (2012). Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil. WIEGO Technical Brief No. 6, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IJgosse_WIEGO_TB6.pdfIJgosse, Jeroen. "Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil." WIEGO Technical Brief No. 6, WIEGO, 2012, .IJgosse Jeroen. "Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil." WIEGO Technical Brief No. 6 (2012). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IJgosse_WIEGO_TB6.pdfIJgosse, J 2012, 'Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil', WIEGO Technical Brief No. 6, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IJgosse_WIEGO_TB6.pdfJeroen IJgosse, 'Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil' (2012) WIEGO Technical Brief No. 6 IJgosse J. Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil. WIEGO Technical Brief No. 6. 2012. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IJgosse_WIEGO_TB6.pdfIJgosse, Jeroen. Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil. WIEGO Technical Brief No. 6. 2012. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IJgosse_WIEGO_TB6.pdf

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