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  • Policy Briefs

    The Municipal Waste and Citizenship Forum: A Platform for Social Inclusion and Participation

    A critical source of success of the Belo Horizonte model of including waste pickers into urban plans has been the high level of organization...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions

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  • Policy Briefs

    Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India

    The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women....

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  • Research Reports

    The Urban Informal Workforce: Home-Based Workers

    These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Lima, Peru

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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Trabalhadores Domiciliares em Lahore, Paquistão

    City Report (English)

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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

    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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  • Resource Documents

    Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

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  • Research Reports

    The Investment Climate for the Informal Economy: A Case of Durban, South Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The State of the Informal Economy

    Available as a download from HSRC Press website

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