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  • Organizing Briefs

    Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

    This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice...

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Street Vendors and the Right to the City

    Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade também está disponível em Português.

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    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.

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Asociación Nacional de Recicladores de Colombia

    Información sobre la Asociación Nacional de Recicladores de Colombia

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  • Presentations

    La Medición de la Informalidad en Venezuela

    Taller de Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina (OIT/WIEGO)

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Waste pickers in Colombia

    In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Flash Mob Reciclagem Popular – Minas Gerais

    Mais de 300 pessoas, entre catadores de materiais recicláveis e apoiadores da causa, participaram do Flah Mob Reciclagem Popular que aconteceu...

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