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Research Reports
Nos enfants ne reçoivent pas l’attention qu’ils méritent
Cette publication présente les résultats d’une étude de recherche dans cinq villes examinant l’accès des travailleuses de l´informel...
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Research Reports
The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city
Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.
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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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Books & Book Chapters
A Framework for Analyzing Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy
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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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WIEGO Publication Series
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte
This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...
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Journal Articles
Depressive and anxiety symptoms among housemaidsAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine
Background: Housemaid, the most common occupation in the female labor force in Brazil, is known to be targeted by a generalized racial and...
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Research Reports
Trajetόrias e Memόrias dos Fόruns Lixo e Cidadania No Brasil: Experimentos Singulares de Justiça Social e Governança Participativa
Summary available in English here.
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