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  • Journal Articles

    Role of Informal Sector Recycling in Waste Management in Developing Countries

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  • Research Reports

    The Economics of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management

    Based on information from: Scheinberg, A., M. Simpson, Y. Gupt et al. (2010): Economic Aspects of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management....

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  • Research Reports

    Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?

    This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Visão geral dos Instrumentos Legais para a Inclusão de Recicladores Informais na Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos no Brasil

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  • Policy Briefs

    O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

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  • Research Reports

    Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Sudeste)

    Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste NorteSul ...

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  • Research Reports

    Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Waste Pickers: Realities & Recommendations

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    WIEGO, its work on waste-pickers and the first World Encounter of Waste-pickers in Colombia, 2008

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  • Research Reports

    City Report: Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

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  • Journal Articles

    Waste Pickers and Cities

    This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

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