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Advocacy Materials“It’s impossible to afford this kind of living”: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Street Vendors in Bangkok, Thailand
This leaflet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting street vendors in Bangkok, Thailand. It draws on exploratory research conducted...
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Advocacy Materialsผลกระทบจากวิกฤตค่าครองชีพต่อแรงงานนอกระบบในกรุงเทพมหานคร
วิกฤติค่าครองชีพส่งผลกระทบต่อแรงงานนอกระบบในกรุงเทพหลายๆด้าน หนึ่งในนั้นคือ การที่แรงงานต้องลดการบริโภคในครัวเรือนลง แผ่นพับฉบับนี้เป็นข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายและแนวปฏิบัติ...
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Advocacy MaterialsHow the Cost-of-Living Crisis Hurts Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand
The cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok in many ways, including forcing their households to cut...
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PostFiscal Justice October 31, 2023The Creation of Sustainable Cities Shouldn’t be Paid for by the Working Poor
Financing a sustainable urban future requires governments to shift their focus from taxing the informal economy to providing urban infrastructure,...
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Policy BriefsImpactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil
Principais conclusões: Experiências com eventos climáticos sérios: Muitas catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis (91%) vivenciaram,...
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Fact Sheets/InfographicsWeekly Markets in Delhi: A market that comes to you (Map)
The weekly markets of Delhi have historically served a critical economic and cultural function. Moving markets that are set up in different...
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Policy BriefsClimate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil
From 2022 to 2023, WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, led an exploratory...
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PostBuilding Collective Power July 17, 2023Bokk Diom Mobilizes Against Partial Closure of Mbeubeuss Dumpsite in Dakar
The Association of Waste Pickers Bokk Diom demands that Senegal’s government keeps its promises of inclusion as the closure of West Africa’s...
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PostAccess to Public Space July 06, 2023Building Street Vendor Power in the Face of Repression in African Cities
Street vendors across the Global South are exposed to repeated cycles of evictions. In the African cities of Accra, Dakar and Durban, vendors...
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Uganda’s Constitutional Court Holds Vagrancy Laws Unconstitutional
In a ground-breaking decision for street vendors and other informal workers, the Constitutional Court of Uganda found the country’s vagrancy...
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