Region: The Americas

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.

Reflexiones de una Usauaria de Encuestas de Hogares

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

Nohra Padilla Receives 2013 Goldman Environmental Award

Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia’s marginalized waste pickers...

National Brazilian Waste Policy

“This is a law document. This law establishes the Brazilian National Policy on Solid Waste; it amends the Law no. 9,605, February 12,...

IEMS: La Investigación-Acción Lleva y Resultados Concretos

Resolución de Superintendencia No 191-2005/SUNAT: Establecen registro de empleadores de trabajadores del hogar, trabajadores del hogar y sus derecho habientes

Proyecto de ordenanza que regula el comercio ambulatorio en los espacios públicos en Lima, Perú

Proyecto de ordenanza que regula el comercio ambulatorio en los espacios públicos en Lima, Perú

Modificaciones a la Ley General de Residuos Sólidos

Decreto Legislativo No 1065, que modifica la Ley No 27314, Ley General de Residuos Sólidos