All posts in The Americas
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Journal Articles
‘An area that governs itself ’: Informality, uncertainty and the management of street vending in New York CityPlanning Theory
Laws governing street vending in New York City are confusing, convoluted, at times contradictory and difficult to enforce with any sort of...
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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
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis de Bogotá, Colômbia
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Research Reports
Possible Choices, Valuable Meanings: an Overview of the Activities of Brazilian Recyclable Materials Pickers
Recyclable materials pickers have been sorting through garbage and transforming it into usable commodities for a long time in many places...
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Research Reports
The Formal and Informal Sectors in Colombia: Country Case Study on Labour Market Segmentation
Employment Working Paper No.146
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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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