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Livelihoods April 05, 2016Informal Employment and the Global Financial Crisis in a Middle-Income Country
What happens to informal employment during an economic crisis? The conventional wisdom is that the informal sector—which consists of small,...
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Livelihoods February 29, 2016Un nuevo estudio de investigación da voz a los recicladores y las recicladoras
A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y...
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Livelihoods February 25, 2016A New Research Study Gives Voice to Waste Pickers
The fact that waste pickers are capable of voicing their concerns, responding to challenges, and contributing to cities and to the urban...
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Livelihoods February 17, 2016Inclusive Cities for Informal Workers
In most developing countries, well over half the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers – and their livelihoods –...
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Livelihoods February 17, 2016Ciudades inclusivas para los trabajadores en empleo informal
En la mayoría de los países en desarrollo, mucho más de la mitad de la fuerza de trabajo urbana es informal. Pero las trabajadoras y los...
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Livelihoods February 08, 2016Cultivando 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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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 July 29, 2015El acceso a la salud de los trabajadores en la economía informal
Las discusiones sobre las desigualdades de salud se centran a menudo en los obstáculos que los pobres enfrentan en lo que concierne al acceso...
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Livelihoods July 28, 2015Informal Workers’ Access to Health Services
Discussions about health inequalities often focus on the barriers that poor people face in accessing health services. This is certainly an...
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