Brazil

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...

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.

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...

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.

Who Gets Formal Sector Jobs: Determinants of Formal-Informal Participation in Brazilian Metropolitan AreasWork and Occupations

Abstract: This study examines the extent to which social factors influence entry into formal or informal sector employment in Brazil. Using...