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  • Research Reports

    Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inclusive Recycling in Brazil

    Totally reshaping our systems of inclusive recycling is important if we take into consideration that waste pickers are an essential part...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Social Protection Responses Brief 4 English

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    Social Protection Responses Brief 3 English

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    Social Protection Responses Brief 2 English

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    Social Protection Brief 1 English

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  • Informal worker Iris Lamiorkor runs a snack stand at Kwame Nkrumah Circle Market. Unlike other vendors who sell during the day Page

    Social Protection Briefing Notes

    WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO’s database of social...

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  • Research Reports

    Panorama dos impactos da pandemia COVID-19 na reciclagem inclusiva no Brasil

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  • Research Reports

    Overview of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inclusive Recycling in Brazil

    Reshaping our systems of inclusive recycling is important, with waste pickers an essential part of Brazil’s economy, write Sonia Dias, Ricardo...

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  • Street vendors in Lima Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study June 11, 2020

    How are Peru’s street vendors facing COVID-19?

    With a budget equivalent to 12% of its GDP, Peru put together the largest COVID-19 pandemic response package in Latin America. Its main intention...

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  • HBW in Uruguay sewing masks for COVID-19 Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020

    Innovation and unity: How home-based workers are adapting to the COVID-19 world

    Home-based workers are among the world’s most invisible and overlooked workers, and they are all too familiar with insecure earnings and...

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