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  • Journal Articles

    Producing Privatization: Re-articulating Race, Gender, Class and Space

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  • Working Papers

    Informal Sector Integration and High Performance Recycling: Evidence from 20 Cities

    The global informal recycling sector has come into focus as the base of the industrial value chain. With few exceptions, reports and articles...

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  • Organizing Briefs

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

     This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.

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  • Research Reports

    A Crise Econômica Global e a Economia Informal – Sumario Executivo

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  • Journal Articles

    Health Conditions of Recyclable Waste Pickers

    Abstract: The presence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among vulnerable populations is a rarely discussed subject. Thus, the...

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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

    Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle

    La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...

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  • Journal Articles

    The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia

    Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste...

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  • Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Greater Monrovia

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