All posts in The Americas
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Policy Briefs
Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
This Briefing Note explores the origin and key elements of public policy focused on the integration of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil....
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Research Reports
Trabalho Informal e Direito à Cidade
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Research Reports
Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Nordeste)
Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões:Centro-OesteNorteSudesteSul ...
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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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Journal Articles
Modernist Planning and the Foundations of Urban Violence in Latin AmericaBuilt Environment
This article suggests that both the origins and responses to urban violence in Latin America have involved some sort of state ordering of...
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Journal Articles
The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia
Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste...
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Journal Articles
Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil
Abstract: The collection of recyclables is a widespread activity among urban poor, particularly in countries with large socio-economic disparities....
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Books & Book Chapters
Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy
An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...
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Research Reports
Experiencias y estrategias de protección social desde organizaciones de Trabajadores/as informales urbanos en México: los casos de la ciudad de México, Mérida y Monterrey
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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