Urban Policies Programme

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

Mean Streets: Migration, Xenophobia and Informality in South Africa

People Working Informally: Negotiating the Use of Public Spaces in Durban City

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

Reclaiming Reusable and Recyclable Materials in Africa – A Critical Review of English Language Literature

This paper seeks to include Africa in the current international conversations about the situation of informal workers such as waste pickers....

Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal no Brasil

Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil

This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis de Bogotá, Colômbia

Executive Summary – Informal Economy IEMS Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is a qualitative and quantitative study designed to evaluate the reality of these workers’ lives....

Sumário Executivo Vendedoras Ambulantes em Ahmedabad, na Índia

City Report: Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa