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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO MBO Newsletter June 2017

    WIEGO’s June 2017 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers. Read the newsletter in English.Leer el boletín...

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  • Presentations

    Waste & Citizenship Forum: ‘New Politics of Public Policy’ ?

    Presentation made during the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Recognizing Waste Pickers

    In many developing countries, high recycling rates (50-80%) can be credited to the informal sector. Johnston Doe explains how waste pickers...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Resolution on Women Workers in the Informal Economy

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO)

    From the website: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO) is a Cambodian Non-Governmental organization (NGO) established...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    History of Coopcent; Binning through Victoria; Beyond Gramacho; Além de Gramacho; Cooperpires

    Link: http://pswm.uvic.ca/media-video/

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para OBM julio 2011

    julio 2011

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Building Voice, Visibility and Validity

    Informal workers who are partners of the Inclusive Cities Project list their accomplishments since the project’s inception in 2008. ...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Finding a Collective Voice to Become Visible: The Creation of the RENAREC

    Story prepared by: Olga Abizaid, WIEGO with Felipe Toledo, Fundación AVINA, Yolanda Bueno, Fundación Alianza, and María Llanes (former President...

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  • Presentations

    The Informal Recycling Sector in Brazil

    Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor

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