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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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