The Americas

Contribution of cooperative sector recycling to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: A case study of Ribeirão Pires, BrazilWaste Management

Abstract: Solid waste, including municipal waste and its management, is a major challenge for most cities and among the key contributors...

Street Vendors and the Right to the City

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Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America

Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first...

Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

Varieties of Capitalism and Employment Relations: Informally Dominated Market Economies

The varieties of capitalism and employment relations literature have largely focused on formally regulated market economies, with a general neglect...

Globalization and Rural Food Processing by Andean Women of Peru and Bolivia

Associations and Activism: Mobilization of Urban Informal Workers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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How to Analyse Government Budgets from an Informal Economy Perspective

Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis...

Trabalho Informal e Direito à Cidade

Legal Empowerment of Workers in the Informal Economy

This report provides detailed information on a project, where workers were trained on unionism, social security, occupational health and...