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  • Research Reports

    Mainstreaming Waste Pickers and the Informal Recycling Sector in the Municipal Solid Waste

    Handling and Management Rules 2000, A Discussion Paper

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  • Journal Articles

    South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty

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  • Research Reports

    List of literature related to the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management

    Other publications about solid waste management and the informal sector

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  • Journal Articles

    Mapping the Invisible and Real ‘African’ Economy: Urban E-waste CircuitryUrban Geography

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  • Research Reports

    Alleviating Poverty and Greening the City: Women Rag Pickers of Mumbai

    International Conference “O Combate à Pobreza e à Exclusão Social : estratégias para o século XXI”

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  • Research Reports

    Sin Colchón que Amortigüe la Caída: La Crisis Económica Global y los Trabajadores de la Economía Informal

    Report available in English here. Informe disponible en español aquí. Fact Sheet available in English here. Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

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

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

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  • Journal Articles

    We Need to Start Respecting Informal Workers

    In the midst of rapid urbanization, the question of whether and how to formalize the informal economy is a growing concern.

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  • Research Reports

    Waste Pickers’ Recognition as Public Waste Managers in Colombia

    Presentation prepared for the Conference “Putting Public in Public Services: Research, Action and Equity in the Global South.”

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  • Journal Articles

    Rethinking Gender and Waste: Exploratory Findings from Participatory Action Research in Brazil

    This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory...

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