All posts in The Americas
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Journal Articles
The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models
Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...
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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
Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy
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Journal Articles
Catadores nas políticas públicas
Especial – Vida nas ruas População em situação de rua e o direito à Cidade
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WIEGO Publication Series
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima
This paper analyzes the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly)...
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Briefs
Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal no Brasil
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Law & Informality Insights
A Experiência de Advocacy no caso dos Trabalhadores Ambulantes em São Paulo
Este sumário, disponível em português, faz uma reflexão sobre o processo jurídico que contestou e acabou por derrubar uma proibição da Câmara...
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Research Reports
Empoderamiento Legal de los Trabajadores en la Economía Informal
Estratégias para fortelecer la capacidad de las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal
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Books & Book Chapters
Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade
Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.
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