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WIEGO Briefs

WIEGO Briefs are part of our  Publication Series.

Urban Policies - Past Activities & Accomplishments

Urban policies

Waste Wise

Waste is Everyone’s Business!

Recycling is one of the cheapest, fastest ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Documenting Policy & Organizational Practice

Work completed so far has focused on three sector groups: waste pickers, street traders and home-based workers. This work is largely driven by WIEGO’s sector specialists: Sonia Dias, Sally Roever, and Shalini Sinha.

Markets of Warwick Win Mayoral Award for Excellence

On December 7th 2012, the Markets of Warwick Committee and the informal trading community of WarwickMarkets of Warwick Junction in general—including Asiye eTafuleni—realized victorious closure to the year when the Markets of Warwick project received a Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the tourism category. This is just two and a half years and 3,200 visitors since the project started.AET 2012

Mega Events & the Urban Working Poor

James Duminy, assisted by Thembi Luckett, South Africa-based researchers, have completed an annotated bibliography from the perspective of the working poor that brings together and assesses the substantial literature on mega events: Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Working in Warwick: Including Street Traders in Urban Plans

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World Urban Forum 6: Inclusive Cities = Sustainable and Vibrant Cities

Heliodora, a Street Vendor from New York City, was a delegate at this year's World Urban ForumWIEGO and Inclusive Cities delegates attended the World Urban Forum 6 in Naples, Italy from Sep.

Informal Economy Budget Analysis

Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) asks how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal workers. It also investigates what opportunities exist for informal workers or their representatives to participate at different stages of the budget process.

Urban Informal Economy Statistics

This statistics work, part of the Inclusive Cities project, aims to establish the best possible statistical picture of size and contribution of the informal economy in urban areas in general, and a number of large cities in particular. Where the data allow, profiles have been constructed for waste pickers, street vendors and home-based workers.

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