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Exposure Dialogues October 01, 2019Dakar : après s’être mis dans la peau des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel, des avocats réévaluent les politiques
Les politiques ayant un impact sur la vie des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel sont rarement élaborées sur la base de la connaissance...
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Technical Briefs
Waste Incineration and Informal Livelihoods: A Technical Guide on Waste-to-Energy Initiatives
This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid...
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Project
Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling
The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...
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News
Legal Empowerment September 22, 2019Mexico City Recognizes the Rights of Informal Waste Pickers
On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid...
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SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection
In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...
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Journal Articles
Wasted Citizenship: Reclaimers and the Privatised Expansion of the Public Sphere
Dakar, Senegal: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.
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Journal Articles
Rescaling the State, Restructuring Social Relations
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Working Papers
Eficiência e Solidariedade nas Associações de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis
As associações e cooperativas de catadores são formadas a partir da situação de vulnerabilidade social dos seus membros. A maior parte dos...
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Organizing Briefs
Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.
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Research Reports
Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal
Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.
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