Urban Informal Workers and the Green Economy – Fact Sheet

By WIEGO on June 01, 2012

Fact Sheet

Produced for the Rio+20 international conference in 2012, this fact sheet details how sectors within the informal economy are playing an important role in climate change mitigation and providing other environmental benefits.

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