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Region: The Americas

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Global Recession and the Informal Economy: Evidence from Latin America and Beyond

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Legal Empowerment of Workers in the Informal Economy

    This report provides detailed information on a project, where workers were trained on unionism, social security, occupational health and...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade

    Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.

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  • Journal Articles

    Earnings Determinants for Self-Employed Women and Men in the Informal Economy: The Case of Bogotá, ColombiaInternational Social Science Review

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  • Research Reports

    Women Informal Workers Mobilizing for Child Care

    This paper provides Member-Based Organizations (MBOs) with examples of how women in informal employment are mobilizing for child care in...

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  • Journal Articles

    RéplicaNexos

    Sin duda los problemas del crecimiento económico en México merecen estar en el centro de la discusión pública.

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  • Journal Articles

    Part-time and Temporary Work: Flexibility for Whom?

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  • Research Reports

    Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations

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  • Research Reports

    Measuring informal employment in Mexico

    Seminar for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Cambridge, MA, 31 October – 1 November 2008

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  • Policy Briefs

    Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    This Briefing Note explores the origin and key elements of public policy focused on the integration of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil....

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