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  • Journal Articles

    The Formalization of Informal/Precarious Labor in Contemporary ArgentinaInternational Sociology

    Abstract: In this article we argue that the Argentinian state is legalizing or formalizing informal/precarious labor. In the actual context...

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  • Research Reports

    Trade unions and informal workers’ associations in the urban informal economy of Ecuador

    This paper, which forms part of a knoweldge-sharing project on the informal economy, provides thought-provoking insights into the situation...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Street Vendors and the Right to the City

    Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade também está disponível em Português.

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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

     

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  • Research Reports

    Nos enfants ne reçoivent pas l’attention qu’ils méritent

    Cette publication présente les résultats d’une étude de recherche dans cinq villes examinant l’accès des travailleuses de l´informel...

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  • Research Reports

    The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city

    Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Employment Change and Economic Vulnerability in the US

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  • Research Reports

    INVISIBLE NO MORE: Domestic workers organizing in Massachusetts and beyond

    Labor Studies Faculty Publication Series. Paper 1 

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  • Research Reports

    Circumventing labour protection: Non-standard employment in Argentina and Peru

    Research Series of the International Institute for Labour Studies, No. 88

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  • Working Papers

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines

    This paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks...

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