Brazil

The Roadmap to Sustainable and Inclusive Solid Waste Systems A Tale of two Cities

The chapter is on pages 41-47.

Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming

Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte...

A Experiência de Advocacy no caso dos Trabalhadores Ambulantes em São Paulo

Este sumário, disponível em português, faz uma reflexão sobre o processo jurídico que contestou e acabou por derrubar uma proibição da Câmara...

Engendering Waste Pickers Cooperatives in Brazil

Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities....

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil

This brief summarizes statistics on poverty and employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Brazil.

Trajetόrias e Memόrias dos Fόruns Lixo e Cidadania No Brasil: Experimentos Singulares de Justiça Social e Governança Participativa

Summary available in English here.

Rethinking Gender and Waste: Exploratory Findings from Participatory Action Research in Brazil

This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory...

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...