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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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  • Project Reports

    Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

    “Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Argentina Law: Ley No. 1166 de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

    Updates to the laws governing street vending on public roads in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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  • Presentations

    Challenges of informal employment in Mexico City

    The Round Table “Informal Employment in Mexico City: Challenges and Perspectives 2017” was organized on February 16, 2017 as...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Diseño para aseadores CDMX – Equipo 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

    Ley No. 29419 que regula la actividad de los recicladores

    Texto de la Ley No. 29419 que regula la actividad de los recicladores en Perú. Vea también el Reglamento de la Ley No. 29429 que regula la...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Law: Domestic Work Employees – Labor Standards (California)

    Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights for the state of California

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  • Legal Instruments

    A Guide to Street Vending in New York City

    This poster is a guide that outlines the complicated and sometimes unfair rules that govern street vending in New York City.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Direct Sellers Act

    This Act regulates door to door selling and requires that such vendors get licenses and has rules about direct sales contracts including...

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  • Presentations

    Peru OHS Coordination

    OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

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