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Research Reports
Belo Horizonte Selective Waste Collection Programme
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Research Reports
Reconceptualizing the urban “informal sector” in underdeveloped countries: An overview of the Brazilian, Indian and South African cases
Paper written for GLU Conference, Mumbai, 22-24 February 2009
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Working Papers
Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos, Catadores, Participação e Cidadania – Novas Articulações?
This paper traces back the origins of the conceptual framework Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management, and examines how this concept...
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Policy Briefs
Visão geral dos Instrumentos Legais para a Inclusão de Recicladores Informais na Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos no Brasil
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Journal Articles
The Formalization of Informal/Precarious Labor in Contemporary ArgentinaInternational Sociology
Abstract: In this article we argue that the Argentinian state is legalizing or formalizing informal/precarious labor. In the actual context...
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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
Home is Where the Work is: Inside New York’s Domestic Work Industry
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