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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

    This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...

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  • Journal Articles

    Depressive and anxiety symptoms among housemaidsAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine

    Background: Housemaid, the most common occupation in the female labor force in Brazil, is known to be targeted by a generalized racial and...

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  • Research Reports

    Trajetόrias e Memόrias dos Fόruns Lixo e Cidadania No Brasil: Experimentos Singulares de Justiça Social e Governança Participativa

    Summary available in English here.

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  • Research Reports

    Wages and Employment in International Recessions: Recent Latin American Experience

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  • Research Reports

    Waste Pickers’ Recognition as Public Waste Managers in Colombia

    Presentation prepared for the Conference “Putting Public in Public Services: Research, Action and Equity in the Global South.”

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  • Research Reports

    Evolution of informal employment in the Dominican Republic

    According to official estimates, between 2005 and 2010, informal employment fell from 58,6% to 47,9% as a proportion of total non-agricultural...

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  • Research Reports

    Nossos filhosnão recebem a atenção que merecem

    Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...

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  • Research Reports

    Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en latinoamérica: El caso de Ciudad de México, México

    El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud...

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  • Research Reports

    Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work

    Domestic workers are critical to the US economy. They help families meet many of the most basic physical, emotional, and social needs of...

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  • Research Reports

    (In)dependent Contractor Misclassification

    Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ...

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