All posts in The Americas
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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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