Livelihoods

Globalization and Securing Rights for Women Informal Workers in Asia

Organizing informal workers in the urban economy: The case of the construction industry in Dar es Salaam

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Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming

Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte...

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...

World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty

Los tejedores de Santiago de Chuco y Huamachuco, de cumbicus a mitayos, obrajeros y mineros

Género y Reciclaje: Herramientas para el diseño e implementación de proyectos

La Guía de Género desarrollada por la Iniciativa Regional para el Reciclaje Inclusivo intenta proveer herramientas prácticas y concretas...

Rapport spécial: Économie informelle

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Street Vendors and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

A Beijing Recycler’s Life

This video follows recyclers in Beijing and shares the work they have been doing for 20 years. The video is in Chinese with English subtitles....