All posts in The Americas
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Workers in Informal Employment in Chile: A Statistical Snapshot of 2019 and 2020
This flyer examines data on informal employment in Chile nationally in 2019 and 2020, with a focus on six groups of workers who are mainly...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Workers in Informal Employment in Peru: A Statistical Snapshot of 2019, 2020 and 2021
This flyer examines data on informal employment in Peru nationally in 2019, 2020 and 2021, with a focus on five groups of workers who are...
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Post
COVID-19 Crisis Study April 14, 2023The Superheroes of Mexico City
WIEGO’s Tania Espinosa Sánchez and Yuleina Carmona talk about the success of the Lxs Rifadxs campaign in Mexico City, which helped residents...
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Statistical Briefs
Informal Workers in Peru: A Statistical Profile, 2015–2021
This brief examines data on employment in Peru from 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and analyzes the changes in employment brought by the COVID-19...
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Building Collective Power April 11, 2023‘We Are Not Alone’: Waste Pickers Worldwide Unite
In this interview, Leonor Larraburu of the Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP) in Argentina tells us about...
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Resource Documents
Efforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation
Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that...
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Working Papers
Did Mexico’s Seguro Popular Universal Health Coverage Programme Really Reduce Formal Jobs?
This Working Paper uses the roll-out of Mexico’s Seguro Popular across municipalities to quantitatively assess its impact on private sector...
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Law & Informality Insights
Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America
Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition looks at the lessons learned.
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Statistical Briefs
Pessoas em emprego informal no Brasil: Um perfil estatístico
Pessoas trabalhadoras do Brasil, pessoas trabalhadoras domésticas do Brasil, pessoas catadoras de recicláveis brasileiras, COVID-19 no Brasil. ...
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Toolkits and Guides
Material de Apoio Jornada Formativa Online Bonitas – Digital Tools Capacity Building Workshops
Este é o compilado do material de apoio disponibilizado ao longo da Jornada Formativa Online do Programa Bonitas Wiego para as catadoras...
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