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Technical Briefs
Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil
This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic...
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Research Reports
The Home as Factory Floor: Employment and Remuneration of Home-based Workers
Summary: Home-based work, defined as non-professionals who perform market work from their homes, is an increasingly recognized form of employment...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia
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Research Reports
Recomendações para Políticas – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadores de Belo Horizonte: Catadores de Belo Horizonte: Realidades e Recomendações
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Journal Articles
Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America
Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first...
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Research Reports
Resumen de los resultados del estudio sobre las trabajadoras en empleo informal y el cuidado infantil en seis organizaciones con base de miembros de trabajadoras pobres
Esta publicación es un resumen de “Nuestros niños no reciben la atención que merecen”: Una síntesis de los resultados de la investigación...
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Research Reports
Going Nowhere Fast: Limited Occupational Mobility in the Fast Food Industry
Front-line jobs in the fast food industry—including cooks, cashiers, delivery workers, and other non-managerial positions—rank among the...
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Research Reports
(In)dependent Contractor Misclassification
Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ...
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Research Reports
WIEGO Report on the Policy Environment of Informal Urban Waste Pickers and Artisanal Mine Workers in Colombia
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Working Papers
Domestic Workers in Latin America: Statistics for New Policies
This paper analyzes domestic work, where the labour relationship is ill-regulated and difficult to control, and the conditions and characteristics...
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