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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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