Waste Pickers

No Cushion to Fall Back On – Executive Summary

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

Deus é meu Despertador

Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...

Engaging With the Urban Poor and Their Organizations for Poverty Reduction and Urban Governance

An issues paper for the United Nations Development Programme

A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,...

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...

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...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Greater Monrovia