Waste Pickers

Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special...

Minor Psychiatric Disorders Among Brazilian Ragpickers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Organizando nas Ruas: Um estudo dos Catadores de recicláveis nas ruas da Cidade do Cabo

Um resumo baseado no relatório de Koni Benson e Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, (ILRIG) – Grupo Internacional de Informação e Pesquisa de Trabalho

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

No Cushion to Fall Back On The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers – Full Report

The research shows that informal enterprises and informal wage workers are affected in many of the same ways as formal firms and formal wage...

Health Conditions of Recyclable Waste Pickers

Abstract: The presence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among vulnerable populations is a rarely discussed subject. Thus, the...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

On the Road to Zero Waste

This set of zero waste case studies profiles nine diverse communities, each providing a real-world example of authentic progress toward the...

Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine

This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.