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  • Journal Articles

    Epidemiological Surveillance of Informal Worker’s Health in Two Cities in Southeastern Brazil

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  • Policy Briefs

    O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

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  • Research Reports

    Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Sul)

    Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões:Centro-OesteNordesteNorteSudeste ...

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  • Research Reports

    Relatórios das Cidades, Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

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  • Working Papers

    Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management

    The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...

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  • Journal Articles

    Earnings Determinants for Self-Employed Women and Men in the Informal Economy: The Case of Bogotá, ColombiaInternational Social Science Review

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal Markets: Street Vendors in Mexico City.Habitat International

    The central question this article addresses is: What are the functions of street vendor organizations? The study of street vending in Mexico...

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  • Journal Articles

    World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

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  • Research Reports

    El empleo informal en México visto bajo el esquema conceptual OIT- Grupo de Delhi

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  • Journal Articles

    Part-time and Temporary Work: Flexibility for Whom?

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