Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru
Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade...
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Non-Standard Employment and Issues Emerging from Experiences in Canada
Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University
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Informal Economic Strategies: Advocacy For Street Vendors In Brazil
This paper is an introduction to informal labor; the politico-territorial characteristics of street vendor commerce in the city of Sao Paolo;...
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Street Vendors and the Right to the City
Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade também está disponível em Português.
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Labor Market Rigidities and Informality in ColombiaEconomía
Informality has been at the center of the economic debate in Colombia as a result of the high levels prevalent in the country and its substantial...
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Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil
Abstract: The collection of recyclables is a widespread activity among urban poor, particularly in countries with large socio-economic disparities....
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The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models
Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...
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Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries
Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005
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Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain
Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216
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Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil
Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and...
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