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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

    2013 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

    Twenty years after the Labour Overview was first published, we analyze the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean today. We also...

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  • Research Reports

    Gênero e Meio Ambiente: A dupla Jornada de Injustiça Ambiental em uma Cooperativa de Mulheres de Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis.

    em português   ABSTRACTS:   English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

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  • Research Reports

    Home Truths: Domestic Workers in California

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  • Research Reports

    Informal and Nonstsandard Employment in the United States

    Abstract: The informal economy, meaning employment and production that operate outside the regulatory and tax systems, tends to be overlooked...

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  • Research Reports

    Negotiating Formality: Informal Sector, Market, and State in Peru

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  • Journal Articles

    Associations and Activism: Mobilization of Urban Informal Workers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil

    This brief summarizes statistics on poverty and employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Brazil.

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America

    Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America.  

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