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Livelihoods December 15, 2015Work and Human Development: A Q&A with Nohra Padilla on the Experience of Waste Pickers in Bogota
Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage This year’s Human Development Report, the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship publication,...
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Livelihoods December 09, 2015Pope Francis, the environment, and waste pickers
By Tania Espinosa Sánchez Pope Francis has made the environment and the poor a top priority since assuming his massively influential position...
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Livelihoods December 09, 2015El papa Francisco, el medio ambiente y los pepenadores
Por Tania Espinosa Sánchez Basureando El papa Francisco ha hecho del medio ambiente y los pobres una prioridad máxima desde que asumió su...
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Livelihoods September 04, 2015Wither the “Labor” in Labor Day?
For many of us, the word “informal employment” conjures up images of street vendors, rickshaw drivers, or casual laborers in agriculture—all...
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