Region: Argentina

MTE: Popular economy workers’ child-care facilities offer critical services during COVID-19 in Argentina

The Movimiento de Trabajadores Excluidos (MTE) – Excluded Workers Movement – in Argentina provides child-care services for its members,...

Waste Pickers and Human Rights

ILO estimates indicate that close to 20 million people worldwide earn their living from recycling waste. Many work as waste pickers who gather...

Social Protection Responses Brief 4 English

Social Protection Responses Brief 3 English

Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling

The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...

Social policy and collective action: Unemployed workers, community associations, and protest in Argentina

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The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile

This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,...

The Formalization of Informal/Precarious Labor in Contemporary ArgentinaInternational Sociology

Abstract: In this article we argue that the Argentinian state is legalizing or formalizing informal/precarious labor. In the actual context...

Is Informal Sector Work an Alternative to Workfare Benefits? The Case of Pre-program Expansion and Economic CrisisReview of Development Economics

This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Paola Caviedes

This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist.   In Spanish with English subtitles. ...