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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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