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Research Reports
La Medición de la Informalidad en Venezuela
Taller de Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina (OIT/WIEGO)
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Business Strategies of Informal Micro-entrepreneurs in Lima, Peru
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Books & Book Chapters
Los tejedores de Santiago de Chuco y Huamachuco, de cumbicus a mitayos, obrajeros y mineros
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Research Reports
The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors
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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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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Books & Book Chapters
Waste Pickers Movement and Right to the City: The Impacts in the Homeless Lives in Brazil
Abstract: This paper analysis the formation of the National Movement of Recyclable Waste Pickers (Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais...
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Journal Articles
Informal Cities and the Contestation of Public Space: The Case of Bogotá’s Street Vendors, 1988—2003Urban Studies
The resurgence of informal street trading poses serious challenges for local officials responsible for the maintenance of public space. This...
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Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en latinoamérica: El caso de Ciudad de México, México
El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud...
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Journal Articles
Co-optation, Competition and Resistance: State and Street Vendors in Mexico City
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Research Reports
Home is Where the Work is: Inside New York’s Domestic Work Industry
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