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  • Organizing Briefs

    Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

    This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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  • Policy Briefs

    Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

    Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 3 – Different Sectors, Different Challenges

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  • Policy Briefs

    Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India

    The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...

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  • Research Reports

    Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Accra’s Street & Market Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

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  • Policy Briefs

    Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

    This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-based Workers in Lahore, Pakistan

    The study is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect the...

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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Accra Metropolis

    WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

    Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...

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