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WIEGO Publication Series
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte
This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...
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Organizing Briefs
Mapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.
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Research Reports
No Cushion to Fall Back On The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers
The research shows that informal enterprises and informal wage workers are affected in many of the same ways as formal firms and formal wage...
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Technical Briefs
Waste Pickers and Carbon Finance: Issues to Consider
This Technical Brief clarifies the requirements for carbon finance mechanisms to provide an assessment of whether informal waste picker membership-based...
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Research Reports
City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya
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Books & Book Chapters
Gender and Recycling: Tools for Project Design and Implementation: Regional Initiative for Inclusive Recycling
This Guide is intended to be used in the preparation of projects that contribute to the formalization of recyclers and their integration...
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Research Reports
Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle
La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...
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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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Books & Book Chapters
The World’s Scavengers – Salvaging for Sustainable Consumption and Production
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