All posts in The Americas
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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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Resource Documents
Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries
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Research Reports
De la lucha por espacios a la creación de alternativas productivas y comerciales
Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina
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Research Reports
Informalidad y Urbanismo Social en Medellín
La ciudad de Medellín, después de unas décadas de aislamiento e involución caracterizadas por altos índices de inseguridad, violencia y segregación...
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Research Reports
Measuring Nonstandard Employment in the United States
Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University
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Research Reports
Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Research and Policy Brief No. 30
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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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