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  • Working Papers

    Proceso de integración de los cartoneros de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Del reconocimiento a la gestión de Centros Verdes y la recolección selectiva

    En Argentina, y en particular en su Capital Federal (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / CABA), la problemática asociada a los recolectores...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers

    This is the Executive Summary of the full Sector Report that synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of...

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  • Technical Briefs

    How to Assess Security of Tenure and Emulate Mortgages for Financing Semi-Formal Homes: Lessons from Mahila Housing SEWA Trust

    Nohn and Bhatt’s Technical Brief examines how the Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has tackled the issue of housing loans in contexts of tenure...

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  • Briefs

    Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa

    In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion...

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  • Resource Documents

    If Street Food Disappears — Projecting the Cost for Consumers in Bangkok

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  • Research Reports

    Street Trade in Kenya: The Contribution of Research in Policy Dialogue and Response

    Paper for panel entitled “Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, ...

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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

    This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...

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  • Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

    Urdu Translation

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