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  • Journal Articles

    Rethinking Labor Law in the New Commonwealth Caribbean Economy: A Framework for Change

    Abstract:

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  • Working Papers

    Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

    This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...

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  • Budget Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

      This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series.   View list of all WIEGO briefs.

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  • Journal Articles

    Self-Employed Proletarians in an Informal Factory: The Case of Cali’s Garbage DumpWorld Development (Pergamon Press)

    Summary: This paper presents data on the organization of work among the scavengers on the garbage dump in the city of Cali, Colombia. Garbage...

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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

    Trade unions and informal workers’ associations in the urban informal economy of Ecuador

    This paper, which forms part of a knoweldge-sharing project on the informal economy, provides thought-provoking insights into the situation...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Street Vendors and the Right to the City

    Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade também está disponível em Português.

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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

     

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  • Research Reports

    Nos enfants ne reçoivent pas l’attention qu’ils méritent

    Cette publication présente les résultats d’une étude de recherche dans cinq villes examinant l’accès des travailleuses de l´informel...

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  • Research Reports

    The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city

    Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.

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