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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

    Accumulation by dispossession and the informal economy – Struggles over knowledge, being and waste at a Soweto garbage dumpEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space

    Melanie Samson, former coordinator of WIEGO’s work with waste pickers in Africa,  recently published an article entitled “Accumulation...

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  • Research Reports

    Cooperation among workers in the informal economy: A focus on home-based workers and waste pickers

    This joint report by the International Labour Organization and WIEGO aims to deepen understanding on the nature and role of cooperatives...

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  • Research Reports

    Mapping of Waste Pickers and Organizations Supporting Waste Pickers in Kenya

    Report commissioned by WIEGO

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  • Research Reports

    Recovering resources, creating opportunities: Integrating the informal sector into solid waste management

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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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