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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Gender and Recycling: Tools for Project Design and Implementation: Regional Initiative for Inclusive Recycling

    This Guide is intended to be used in the preparation of projects that contribute to the formalization of recyclers and their integration...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary, Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

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  • Journal Articles

    An analytical framework and tool (‘InteRa’) for integrating the informal recycling sector in waste and resource management systems in developing countries

    Abstract: In low- and middle-income developing countries, the informal (collection and) recycling sector (here abbreviated IRS) is an important,...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The Roadmap to Sustainable and Inclusive Solid Waste Systems A Tale of two Cities

    The chapter is on pages 41-47.

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  • Journal Articles

    South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty

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  • Worker Story

    Deus é meu Despertador

    Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...

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  • Briefs

    Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal 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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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia

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