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  • Research Reports

    Waste Pickers’ Recognition as Public Waste Managers in Colombia

    Presentation prepared for the Conference “Putting Public in Public Services: Research, Action and Equity in the Global South.”

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  • Research Reports

    Evolution of informal employment in the Dominican Republic

    According to official estimates, between 2005 and 2010, informal employment fell from 58,6% to 47,9% as a proportion of total non-agricultural...

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  • Research Reports

    Nossos filhosnão recebem a atenção que merecem

    Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...

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  • Research Reports

    Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en latinoamérica: El caso de Ciudad de México, México

    El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud...

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  • Research Reports

    Going Nowhere Fast: Limited Occupational Mobility in the Fast Food Industry

    Front-line jobs in the fast food industry—including cooks, cashiers, delivery workers, and other non-managerial positions—rank among the...

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  • Research Reports

    Temporary Help Workers in the U.S. Labor Market

    Summary: The number of jobs in the temporary help services industry reached an all-time high of 2.9 million in May 2015, accounting for 2.4...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR)

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Integrated Programme of Worker’s Health (PISAT), Institute of Public Health, Federal University of Bahia

    The Integrated Programme of Worker’s Health (PISAT) forms part of the Federal University of Bahia’s Institute of Collective Health, which...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    The Rockefeller Foundation’s Informal City Dialogues

    According to the website, “the Informal City Dialogues is a year-long project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    ILO Fact Sheet on Domestic Workers’ Rights in Brazil

    Fact sheet on domestic workers rights’ under Brazil’s domestic workers’ law

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