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  • Journal Articles

    The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

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  • Worker Story

    God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story

    The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...

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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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