Brazil

Trajectories and Memories – Waste and Citizenship Forums: Unique Experiments of Social Justice and Participatory Governance

Summary of PhD Thesis by Sonia Maria Dias. Full thesis available in Portuguese here.

Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

Belo Horizonte Selective Waste Collection Programme

How to Analyse Government Budgets from an Informal Economy Perspective

Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis...

Informal Economic Strategies: Advocacy For Street Vendors In Brazil

This paper is an introduction to informal labor; the politico-territorial characteristics of street vendor commerce in the city of Sao Paolo;...

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations

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Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

  This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series.   View list of all WIEGO briefs.

Contribution of cooperative sector recycling to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: A case study of Ribeirão Pires, BrazilWaste Management

Abstract: Solid waste, including municipal waste and its management, is a major challenge for most cities and among the key contributors...

Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience

Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity...