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Monitoramento de eventos climáticos extremos e impactos no trabalho de catadores de materiais recicláveis (MCTC) Read More
Budget Brief 1: Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs. Read More
Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and... Read More
Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of... Read More
Measuring Informal Employment in South Africa: The New Quarterly Labour Force Survey This briefing note discusses how the changes introduced in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) will affect Read More
Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector presents a profile of non-agricultural, informal sector (proprietary, sole... Read More
Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice... Read More
How to Plan a Street Trader Census Street traders represent one of the largest and most visible segments of the informal economy, yet the actual number of street traders working... Read More
Budget Brief 2: Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs. Read More
The Municipal Waste and Citizenship Forum: A Platform for Social Inclusion and Participation A critical source of success of the Belo Horizonte model of including waste pickers into urban plans has been the high level of organization... Read More
Vending in Public Space: The Case of Bangkok This brief reviews cultural, economic, political and other broad social foundations of vending in Bangkok’s public space. It also examines... Read More
