All posts in The Americas
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Project Reports
Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries
Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005
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Books & Book Chapters
Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade
This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...
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Research Reports
Copa do Mundo Para Todos O Retrato dos Vendedores Ambulantes Nas Cidades-sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014
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Journal Articles
Informal Jobs: Another Occupational Hazard for Women’s Mental Health?International Journal of Epidemiology
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Journal Articles
Who Gets Formal Sector Jobs: Determinants of Formal-Informal Participation in Brazilian Metropolitan AreasWork and Occupations
Abstract: This study examines the extent to which social factors influence entry into formal or informal sector employment in Brazil. Using...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia
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Research Reports
Recomendações para Políticas – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadores de Belo Horizonte: Catadores de Belo Horizonte: Realidades e Recomendações
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Journal Articles
Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America
Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first...
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Research Reports
Resumen de los resultados del estudio sobre las trabajadoras en empleo informal y el cuidado infantil en seis organizaciones con base de miembros de trabajadoras pobres
Esta publicación es un resumen de “Nuestros niños no reciben la atención que merecen”: Una síntesis de los resultados de la investigación...
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Research Reports
The Inequality of Declining Wages During the Recovery
More information about NELP is available on the website.
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