The Americas

Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion in the Dominican Republic

Background paper for ILO-IMF Tripartite Consultation on Job-rich and Inclusive Growth in the Dominican Republic.

Revanchist Urbanism Heads South: The Regulation of Indigenous Beggars and Street Vendors in Ecuador.Antipode

Much of the discussion surrounding neoliberal urbanism has been empirically grounded in the North. This paper shifts the discussion south...

Eficiência e Solidariedade nas Associações de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis

As associações e cooperativas de catadores são formadas a partir da situação de vulnerabilidade social dos seus membros. A maior parte dos...

The Mexican economy and the international financial crisis

Unpublished manuscript

Unregulated work in the global city: Employment and labor violations in New York City

The Inequality of Declining Wages During the Recovery

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Informal and Nonstsandard Employment in the United States

Abstract: The informal economy, meaning employment and production that operate outside the regulatory and tax systems, tends to be overlooked...

A Framework for Analyzing Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

Reconceptualizing the urban “informal sector” in underdeveloped countries: An overview of the Brazilian, Indian and South African cases

Paper written for GLU Conference, Mumbai, 22-24 February 2009

Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos, Catadores, Participação e Cidadania – Novas Articulações?

This paper traces back the origins of the conceptual framework Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management, and examines how this concept...