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  • Press

    Press Release: Ghana waste pickers say closure threatens survival and demand government support

    A decision to close landfills imminently is threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of waste pickers in both Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Those...

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  • Press
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 26, 2020

    Informal workers can help stop COVID-19 infection spread in Peru and throughout Latin America

      Despite the troubling and false narrative that has taken hold in Peru and is spreading across Latin America about the role of informal...

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  • Ghanian vendor with bananas Working Papers

    Tax Justice and the Informal Economy: A Review of the Debates

    Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks

    Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace.  To support...

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  • WP19 Working Papers

    Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective

    This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent...

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  • Resource Documents

    Street Vendor Exclusion in “Modern” Market Planning: A Case Study from Kumasi, Ghana

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Working in Warwick: Including Street Traders in Urban Plans

    The book documents the lessons learned from the Warwick Junction Project, an inner city renewal initiative which sensitively integrated street...

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  • Technical Briefs

    Incineração de resíduos e Catadores: Um guia técnico sobre tecnologias de recuperação energética de resíduos sólidos

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  • WIEGO Resource Document No. 12 Resource Documents

    Bangkok’s Street Vending Ban: A Summary of the Research on the Social and Economic Impacts

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  • Home-based worker and street vendor in Bangkok 2015 Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Urban Thailand: A Statistical Snapshot

    This brief contains estimates on informal workers in Bangkok and other urban centres in Thailand.

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