All posts in Colombia
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Working Papers
Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management
The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...
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Research Reports
Informalidad y Urbanismo Social en Medellín
La ciudad de Medellín, después de unas décadas de aislamiento e involución caracterizadas por altos índices de inseguridad, violencia y segregación...
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Research Reports
Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle
La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...
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Research Reports
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...
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Research Reports
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...
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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores
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Research Reports
The Formal and Informal Sectors in Colombia: Country Case Study on Labour Market Segmentation
Employment Working Paper No.146
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Audiovisual Materials
Waste pickers in Colombia
In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional...
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Presentations
El Reciclador: Un Profesional del Siglo XXI
Presentado en la Conferencia de los recicladores en Bogotá, Colombia Also available in English
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Stories/Case Studies
Nohra Padilla Receives 2013 Goldman Environmental Award
Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia’s marginalized waste pickers...
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