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  • Research Reports

    A summary of research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations

    This publication is a summary of “Our children do not get the attention they deserve”: A synthesis of research finding on women informal...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    The Mobilization of Bolivian Domestic Workers

    This brief describes the mobilization of domestic workers in Bolivia focusing particularly on the campaign that led to the approval of the...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Employment Change and Economic Vulnerability in the US

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  • Journal Articles

    Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

    Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    A Framework for Analyzing Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

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  • Research Reports

    WIEGO Report on the Policy Environment of Informal Urban Waste Pickers and Artisanal Mine Workers in Colombia

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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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