Waste Pickers

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...

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

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

Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...

Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal no Brasil

Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil

This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic...

The Role of CBO in Social Protection – some experiences of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India

Paper prepared for the conference, Rethinking Economy: Social/Solidarity Economy in China and the World, Beijing, China, 27-28th April 2013. ...

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

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

City Report (English)

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...

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...