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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Hacia el cumplimiento del Auto 275 de 2011

    Hacia el cumplimiento del Auto 275 de 2011

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Inclusive Cities – Shrinking Inequalities in Latin America — A Response to the Economist’s “Securing Livelihoods” Edition

    A blog post by WIEGO’s Waste Sector Specialist, Sonia Dias.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Resumen Normativo sobre Recicladores en Peru

    Resumen relacionado al marco normativo de los recicladores en Peru; en referencia a la Ley 29419

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    International Development Innovation Network

    This blog post by Laura Lehman shares information on “Problem-Solving, Partnership & Prototypes: A Reflection on IDDS Zero Waste...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    World Cup for All: A Portrait of Street Vendors’ Organizations in the World Cup Host Cities in Brazil

    This report is an English summary of a Portuguese research study StreetNet International commissioned on organizations of informal traders...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Towards a model framework for a local level collective bargaining system for street traders: CTCP

    Case study of CTCP, (Confederación de Trabajadores por Cuenta Propia) which is affiliated to FNT (Frente Nacional de los Trabajadores). CTCP...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Brazil Law: Lei No. 6.586 (Brazil) – Classifica o comerciante ambulante para fins trabalhistas e previdenciários

    Brazilian law classifying street vendors for the purpose of labor and social security law.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Castellanos, Themis. Implementación de la Ley y Reglamento que Regula la Actividad de los Recicladores (Ley No 29419) en los gobiernos locales. Estudio de caso de la Municipalidad de San Luis y Santiago de Surco, Lima, July 2014

    Informe con dos estudios de caso sobre mejores prácticas en la instrumentación de la Ley No. 29419 y su regulación en dos localidades de...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Design for Shoeshiners in CDMX – Team 6

    Designs prepared for Mexico City Shoe Shiner’s Union by a group of design students from Mexico City’s IberoAmerican University.  ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Hawaii Act 248 – An Act Relating to Labor (Domestics)

    Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights for the state of Hawaaii

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