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  • Presentations

    Experience of Micro-Entrepreneuers in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas

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  • Photo credit: Jonathan Torgovnik_Getty Images Reportage. Sitsa Ncube came to South Africa from Zimbabwe to find employment as a domestic worker. Oct 21 2020

    Women, Informal Work & COVID-19: Data-based Policy Considerations

    • October 21, 2020
    • Online

    2pm-3.30pm South African time

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods September 16, 2020

    No hacer daño: Por qué el acoso a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal perjudica la salud pública y la recuperación económica

    Las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes de la Ciudad de México están brindándoles alimentos accesibles, al aire libre, a las poblaciones con...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods September 08, 2020

    Do no harm: Why harassment of informal workers hurts public health and economic recovery

    Street vendors in Mexico City are providing affordable food, in open-air settings, to food-insecure populations. Waste pickers in Accra provide...

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  • Research Reports

    Réduction des déchets dans les villes côtières grâce au recyclage inclusif (ReWCC): Étude de base sur les récupératrice.eur.s de la décharge de Mbeubeuss

    Le présent rapport s’articule autour du système formel de gestion des déchets, et le diagnostic du système par les acteurs s’appuie sur l’analyse...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Bâtir un Dakar plus inclusif et plus prospère : Recommandations reçues des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel

    Ce rapport examine les contributions que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel apportent à Dakar.

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  • Accra Waste pickers - Dean Saffron News
    Access to Public Space June 09, 2020

    Waste pickers in Accra demand consultation on livelihoods in advance of landfill closure

    Hundreds of waste pickers work in Accra’s Kpone landfill, recovering about 60% of the 1200 pounds of solid waste that are dropped off...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Resources: COVID-19 Guidelines for Informal Traders in South Africa

    COVID-19 Poster Guidelines for Informal Traders (in streets, markets and spaza shops) Poster  

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  • Lima market vendor Press
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 26, 2020

    Informal workers can help stop COVID-19 infection spread in Peru and Latin America

    Open as PDF     |    en español 

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  • WP19 Working Papers

    Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective

    This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent...

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