Brazil

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...

Construindo a cidadania: avanços e limites do Projeto de Coleta Seletiva em parceria com a ASMARE

Epidemiological Surveillance of Informal Worker’s Health in Two Cities in Southeastern Brazil

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Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Informality and Inclusive Green Growth

Overview of Legal Framework for Social Inclusion in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

Catadores nas políticas públicas

Especial – Vida nas ruas População em situação de rua e o direito à Cidade