All posts in The Americas
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Research Reports
Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Nordeste)
Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões:Centro-OesteNorteSudesteSul ...
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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle
La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...
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Research Reports
2013 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.
Twenty years after the Labour Overview was first published, we analyze the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean today. We also...
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Research Reports
Gênero e Meio Ambiente: A dupla Jornada de Injustiça Ambiental em uma Cooperativa de Mulheres de Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis.
em português ABSTRACTS: English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in...
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Journal Articles
Working in Large Food Retailers in France and the USA: The Key Role of InstitutionsWork Employment & Society
Abstract: Despite numerous similarities between the food retail sectors of France and the USA, there are significant contrasts in the jobs,...
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Books & Book Chapters
Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues and Vending Organizations in Six Cities
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Working Papers
The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile
This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,...
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Working Papers
Proceso de integración de los cartoneros de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Del reconocimiento a la gestión de Centros Verdes y la recolección selectiva
En Argentina, y en particular en su Capital Federal (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / CABA), la problemática asociada a los recolectores...
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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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