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  • Research Reports

    Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce

    This report proposes a a number of policies to help address the existing vulnerabilities of workers in the informal economy and minimize...

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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

    City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores e Catadoras em Pune, na Índia

    City Report (English)

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  • Research Reports

    Valuing Informal Integration: Inclusive Recycling in North Africa and the Middle East

    Report highlighting cases from North Africa and the Middle East of inclusive waste management systems. Lessons for improved practice in waste...

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  • Journal Articles

    Accumulation by dispossession and the informal economy – Struggles over knowledge, being and waste at a Soweto garbage dumpEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space

    Melanie Samson, former coordinator of WIEGO’s work with waste pickers in Africa,  recently published an article entitled “Accumulation...

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  • Research Reports

    Cooperation among workers in the informal economy: A focus on home-based workers and waste pickers

    This joint report by the International Labour Organization and WIEGO aims to deepen understanding on the nature and role of cooperatives...

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  • Research Reports

    No Cushion to Fall Back On: The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers

    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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  • Budget Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima

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

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  • Research Reports

    WIEGO Report on the Policy Environment of Informal Urban Waste Pickers and Artisanal Mine Workers in Colombia

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