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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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