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Livelihoods December 20, 2018Year in Review: Five reflections on the “Future of Work”
What will work look like in a future of robots and automation? This question has taken the year by storm, but the debates often overlook...
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Livelihoods December 20, 2018Cinco reflexiones sobre el “futuro del trabajo”: un año de debates
¿Cómo será el trabajo en un futuro con robots y automatización? Este tema ha sido profundamente abordado durante el año, pero los debates...
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Livelihoods November 30, 2018Against the Odds: Resilience, Solidarity and Community Spirit Keep Warwick Markets Alive
Photos by Jonathan TorgovnikAbout half-a-million people flow through Warwick Junction every day — every one of them a potential customer...
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Access to Public Space November 22, 2018How Cities Can Achieve Public Space for All
Public space provides a window into the soul of a city. It is where collective urban life plays out — cycling to work, playing in a park,...
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Livelihoods October 30, 2018How a pyramid sketch redefined the informal economy — and the new data that is putting that 20-year-old idea to the test
By Mike Rogan
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Livelihoods October 05, 2018Q&A: WIEGO’s New Urban Policies Director Talks Migration, 21st-century Cities and What Inspires Her Research
This week, we sit down with WIEGO’s new Urban Policies Programme Director, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, to learn more about her background and...
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Livelihoods October 01, 2018Senegal’s Dump Upgrading Doesn’t Have to Displace Waste Pickers
The theme of World Habitat Day 2018 is municipal solid waste management and creating “waste wise cities.” In this article, WIEGO’s Waste...
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Future of Work July 25, 2018How the Draft WDR 2019 Got it Wrong: Rethinking and “Relinking” Social Protections for the Future of Work
The World Bank’s recently released draft of the World Development Report (WDR) 2019 makes a controversial call to delink important social...
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Livelihoods July 18, 2018Informal workers and taxes: What “tax justice” looks like from below
A growing tax justice movement has been exposing the shadowy ways in which elites and large trans-national corporations often avoid paying...
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Livelihoods June 21, 2018For Mayors: A Five-Step Guide to including Street Vendors in Global Cities
By Carlin Carr
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