Waste Pickers’ Recognition as Public Waste Managers in Colombia
Presentation prepared for the Conference “Putting Public in Public Services: Research, Action and Equity in the Global South.”
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Research Reports
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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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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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Nohra Padilla: 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, Colombia
Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia’s marginalized waste...
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External Blog Posts/Op Eds
International Development Innovation Network
This blog post by Laura Lehman shares information on “Problem-Solving, Partnership & Prototypes: A Reflection on IDDS Zero Waste...
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Acceptance Speech by Nohra Padilla, 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony
Acceptance speech by Nohra Padilla, who won the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for organizing Bogota’s marginalized waste pickers...
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Stories/Case Studies
ARB: Fighting for an Inclusive Model for Recycling in Bogota
The Bogotá success demonstrates that the inclusion of waste pickers within the waste management system is possible through continuous effort...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Cronicas de una lucha por la inclusion (Numero 3) – Si es Posible
Este es el tercero producto de las Cronicas de una lucha por la inclusion. from christian Mantilla on Vimeo.
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Nohra Padilla (ARB) en la Embajada de Brasil en Paris. 9 dic. 2015. París
Intervención de Nohra Padilla, Directora de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB), en un panel organizado por la Embajada de Brasil...
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Law: Bogotá Res DG-137-07
Law governing street vendors’ associations in Bogotá, Colombia
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