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  • Research Reports

    Relatórios das Cidades, Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

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  • Journal Articles

    Raccoglitori di Residui; Una panoramica globale sul primo anello del circuito del riciclaggio (Waste pickers: a global view on the first step of the recycling chain)CWG-Reorient- Retos al Sur

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary, Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

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  • Journal Articles

    Waste Pickers and Cities

    This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

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  • Research Reports

    Managing Urban Waste as Common Pool Resources

    Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Improving Wastepickers’ Lives in Bengaluru – Hasiru Dala Innovations

    Bangalore was once known as a green city, but of recent times it has become known as a garbage city. Enter, Hasiru Dala Innovations, which...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    GAIA February 2017 Newsletter

    Waste picker news from around the world in GAIA’s February 2017 newsletter.Find additional information about GAIA here.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    GAIA June 2017 Newsletter

    Waste picker news from around the world in GAIA’s June 2017 newsletter.Find additional information about GAIA here.

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  • Advocacy Materials

    The political work of ‘waste picker integration’

    Note prepared for the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    SEWA Academy website

    SEWA Academy is the focal point for all of SEWA’s training, capacity building, research and communication efforts. SEWA Academy functions...

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