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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

    Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...

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  • Journal Articles

    World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

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  • Research Reports

    Measuring informal employment in Mexico

    Seminar for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Cambridge, MA, 31 October – 1 November 2008

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  • Journal Articles

    The Macrosociology of Paid Domestic Labor

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  • Journal Articles

    Varieties of Capitalism and Employment Relations: Informally Dominated Market Economies

    The varieties of capitalism and employment relations literature have largely focused on formally regulated market economies, with a general neglect...

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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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  • Technical Briefs

    Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil

    This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic...

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  • Journal Articles

    Contribution of cooperative sector recycling to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: A case study of Ribeirão Pires, BrazilWaste Management

    Abstract: Solid waste, including municipal waste and its management, is a major challenge for most cities and among the key contributors...

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