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  • Journal Articles

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

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  • Working Papers

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima

    This paper analyzes the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly)...

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  • Journal Articles

    World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Recycling and Collection of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries: Issues and Opportunities

    Institute of Advanced Studies Working Paper. No. 24

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Waste Pickers: A Gendered Perspective

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  • Research Reports

    Learning to Re-E-Cycle

    Published by Chintan

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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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  • Books & Book Chapters

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

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

    Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil

    Abstract: The collection of recyclables is a widespread activity among urban poor, particularly in countries with large socio-economic disparities....

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