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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Child care for women informal workers proves essential to earning power

    By Rachel Moussié Women’s economic empowerment is a central feature of development debates today. A key focus is the economic and social...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Inclusive Growth and the Informal Economy

    There is a growing consensus in the international community that economic growth needs to be inclusive: that it needs to be broad-based and...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Growing a Dream: The Vaal Park Recycling Centre

    The sign at the entrance to the Vaal Park Recycling Centre in South Africa bears 23 logos, each representing a public or private partner...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Work and Human Development: A Q&A with Nohra Padilla on the Experience of Waste Pickers in Bogota

    Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage This year’s Human Development Report, the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship publication,...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Inclusive recycling with waste pickers in Medellin?

    By Federico Parra & Olga Abizaid Medellin has recently been touted as a poster city for urban development. In recent years, the city...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    How home-based workers in Ahmedabad formed a union to improve their lives

    By Carlin Carr In the first of a series of photo essays from Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) Carlin Carr...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    “Our role has been to make the informal economy visible and give it validity”

    Renana Jhabvala discusses the UN Secretary-General’s first-ever High-level Panel (UN HLP) for Women’s Economic EmpowermentRenana Jhabvala...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Informal Workers Organize for Change: The International Labour Conference 2015

    Q&A with Chris Bonner WIEGO’s Director of Organization and  Representation ProgrammeQ: Could you briefly tell us about your role as...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Cultivando un sueño: El centro de reciclaje de Vaal Park

    Por Leslie Vryenhoek El letrero en la entrada al Centro de reciclaje Vaal Park, en Sudáfrica, muestra 23 logos; cada uno representa a un...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Trabajo y desarrollo humano: Entrevista con Nohra Padilla sobre la experiencia de los recicladores en Bogotá

    Foto: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage

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