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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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Research Reports
Going Nowhere Fast: Limited Occupational Mobility in the Fast Food Industry
Front-line jobs in the fast food industry—including cooks, cashiers, delivery workers, and other non-managerial positions—rank among the...
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Research Reports
Temporary Help Workers in the U.S. Labor Market
Summary: The number of jobs in the temporary help services industry reached an all-time high of 2.9 million in May 2015, accounting for 2.4...
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Research Reports
Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations
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Journal Articles
Empleo, salarios y equidad durante la recuperación reciente en la Argentina
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Organizing Briefs
Organising Street Vendors: “Gente de Confiar” Radio Progamme, Lima, Peru
An authentically democratic community requires open channels of communication between citizens. Street markets offer a natural setting for...
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Policy Briefs
Integração de Trabalhadores Informais na Coleta Seletiva de Recicláveis: o Caso de Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Esta nota informativa traz uma análise mais detalhada sobre a gênese e os elementos chaves da política pública voltada para a integração...
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Research Reports
Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Norte)
Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste SudesteSul ...
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