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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Hacia una alianza global de recicladores (Towards a Global Alliance of Wastepickers)

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  • Journal Articles

    Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America

    Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first...

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  • Journal Articles

    Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

    This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Belo Horizonte Selective Waste Collection Programme

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town – HINDI

     (Hindi) A summary based on the report by Koni Benson and Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) ...

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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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  • Policy Briefs

    Integração de Trabalhadores Informais na Coleta Seletiva de Recicláveis: o Caso de Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    Esta nota informativa traz uma análise mais detalhada sobre a gênese e os elementos chaves da política pública voltada para a integração...

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  • Technical Briefs

    Waste Pickers and Carbon Finance: Issues to Consider

    This Technical Brief clarifies the requirements for carbon finance mechanisms to provide an assessment of whether informal waste picker membership-based...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy IEMS Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is a qualitative and quantitative study designed to evaluate the reality of these workers’ lives....

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  • Research Reports

    Recomendações para Políticas – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadores de Belo Horizonte: Catadores de Belo Horizonte: Realidades e Recomendações

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