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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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Organising home-based workers in the global economy: an action-research approachDevelopment in Practice
Abstract: This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in...
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Research Reports
Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges
Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges” is an initial study of co-operatives and their relationships...
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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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License To Sell: The Effect Of Business Registration Reform On Entrepreneurial Activity In Mexico
This paper estimates the economic effects of a recent reform that simplified business entry regulation in Mexico. The reform was introduced...
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Research Reports
Problems with Temporary and Subcontracted Work in California
The nature of employment is changing. Employees are increasingly seen as liabilities rather than assets, and so workers are kept at arm’s...
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The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
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Research Reports
Negotiating Formality: Informal Sector, Market, and State in Peru
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