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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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