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Project Reports
Review of the Mixed Survey in the Colombian Informal Sector
Prepared for ILO-Latin America/WIEGO Latin America Regional Workshop on Statistics on the Informal Economy, Santiago, Chile
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Research Reports
Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Sudeste)
Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste NorteSul ...
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Research Reports
The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers
These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...
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Research Reports
Estadísticas del empleo formal e informal. Datos relevantes. Perú. 2005-2011.
Este documento presenta datos estadísticos a nivel nacional sobre el empleo formal e informal en Perú para el periodo 2005-2011 basados en...
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Journal Articles
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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Journal Articles
Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.
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Journal Articles
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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Research Reports
Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work
Domestic workers are critical to the US economy. They help families meet many of the most basic physical, emotional, and social needs of...
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Research Reports
(In)dependent Contractor Misclassification
Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ...
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Journal Articles
Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre
Using evidence from Cusco, Peru, the paper examines the effects of the planned displacement of informal traders from city-centre streets....
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