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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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