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  • Project Reports

    Review of the Mixed Survey in the Colombian Informal Sector

    Prepared for ILO-Latin America/WIEGO Latin America Regional Workshop on Statistics on the Informal Economy, Santiago, Chile

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  • Research Reports

    Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Sudeste)

    Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste NorteSul ...

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  • Research Reports

    The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers

    These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

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  • Research Reports

    Estadísticas del empleo formal e informal. Datos relevantes. Perú. 2005-2011.

    Este documento presenta datos estadísticos a nivel nacional sobre el empleo formal e informal en Perú para el periodo 2005-2011 basados en...

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  • Journal Articles

    Labor Market Rigidities and Informality in ColombiaEconomía

    Informality has been at the center of the economic debate in Colombia as a result of the high levels prevalent in the country and its substantial...

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  • Journal Articles

    Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

    This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

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  • Research Reports

    The Mexican economy and the international financial crisis

    Unpublished manuscript

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  • Journal Articles

    Part-time and Temporary Work: Flexibility for Whom?

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  • Journal Articles

    Working in Large Food Retailers in France and the USA: The Key Role of InstitutionsWork Employment & Society

    Abstract: Despite numerous similarities between the food retail sectors of France and the USA, there are significant contrasts in the jobs,...

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  • Journal Articles

    Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre

    Using evidence from Cusco, Peru, the paper examines the effects of the planned displacement of informal traders from city-centre streets....

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