All posts in The Americas
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Research Reports
Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors
This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...
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Journal Articles
Rethinking Gender and Waste: Exploratory Findings from Participatory Action Research in Brazil
This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory...
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Books & Book Chapters
Informality and Inclusive Green Growth
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Journal Articles
Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special...
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Books & Book Chapters
Employment Change and Economic Vulnerability in the US
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Journal Articles
Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...
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Briefs
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.
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Working Papers
Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries
This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...
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Briefs
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.
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Books & Book Chapters
Improving the Regulatory Framework for Income Enhancement of the Urban Poor: A Case Study of Lima
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