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...
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Research Reports
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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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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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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Audiovisual Materials
Number 5: Steps Towards Compliance With Order 275 of 2011
In “Steps Towards Compliance with Order 275 of 2011”, the fifth video in the series Chronicles of a Fight for Inclusion, waste pickers recount...
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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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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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