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Journal Articles
Legal reforms for the self-employed: three urban cases
Four out of five urban workers in modern India are engaged in the informal economy, and half of these are self-employed. This article examines...
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Journal Articles
An analytical framework and tool (‘InteRa’) for integrating the informal recycling sector in waste and resource management systems in developing countries
Abstract: In low- and middle-income developing countries, the informal (collection and) recycling sector (here abbreviated IRS) is an important,...
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Research Reports
Résumé des conclusions principals – La coopération entre les travailleurs de l’économie informelle: Travailleurs à domicile et récupérateurs de matériaux
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Research Reports
Mainstreaming Waste Pickers and the Informal Recycling Sector in the Municipal Solid Waste
Handling and Management Rules 2000, A Discussion Paper
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Books & Book Chapters
A Paper Life: Belgrade’s Roma in the Underworld of Waste Scavenging and Recycling
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Research Reports
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
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Books & Book Chapters
The Informal Economy and Employment in Brazil
The book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil (waste pickers and street vendors at Porto...
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Journal Articles
Waste and Development – Perspectives from the Ground
While waste pickers provide vital services to their communities, their municipalities and the environment – they generally face very difficult...
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Policy Briefs
Integração de Trabalhadores Informais na Coleta Seletiva de Recicláveis: o Caso de Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Esta nota informativa traz uma análise mais detalhada sobre a gênese e os elementos chaves da política pública voltada para a integração...
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Research Reports
Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce
This report proposes a a number of policies to help address the existing vulnerabilities of workers in the informal economy and minimize...
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