All posts in Waste Pickers
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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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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Informal Workers in Focus Fact Sheet Collection
Contains fact sheets on Street Vendors, Waste Collectors, and Home-based Workers (also available separately)
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Audiovisual Materials
SWaCH
Solid Waste Collection and Handling or, officially, the SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune. SWaCH Coop is India’s first wholly-owned...
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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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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce – Fact Sheet
Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui.Informe disponible en español aquí.
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Sin Colchón que Amortigüe la Caída: La Crisis Económica Global y los Trabajadores de la Economía Informal (Ficha Tecnica)
Report available in English here. Informe disponible en español aquí. Fact Sheet available in English here. Ficha Técnica disponible en español...
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