All posts in The Americas
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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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Research Reports
Trabalhadoras Informais se Mobilizando pelo Cuidado das Crianças
Trabalhadoras Informais se Mobilizando pelo Cuidado das Crianças argumenta que benefícios à maternidade e os serviços de cuidado infantil...
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Journal Articles
Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...
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Presentations
OHS Initiative for Informal Workers – The Case Study of Brazil
OHS Learning Meeting May 2011
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Cooperativa Recicla Ourinhos (English)
Recicla Ourinhos is a cooperative whose 80 members are contracted by the municipality to provide services for collection, assessment, improvement...
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WIEGO Network Newsletters
Boletín Recicladores, No.1 – Año 2012
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Audiovisual Materials
Recyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental Force
Recyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental ForceRecyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental Force from Erik Flakoll...
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External Blog Posts/Op Eds
Out of the Shadows
A blog written by Jenna Harvey while she was a Fulbright student in 2013-2014.
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Legal Instruments
Summary of Legal Framework on Domestic Work in Peru
Summary of materials related to the legal framework for domestic workers.Review of the main pieces of legislation related to this occupational...
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Presentations
El Reciclador: Un Profesional del Siglo XXI
Presentado en la Conferencia de los recicladores en Bogotá, Colombia Also available in English
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