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  • Global Reports

    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...

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  • Worker Story

    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...

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  • Research Reports

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

    An issues paper for the United Nations Development Programme

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  • Statistical Briefs

    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,...

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  • Research Reports

    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. ...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    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...

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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

    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...

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  • Budget Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Greater Monrovia

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