Colombia

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,...

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

Foto: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage

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...

Review of the Mixed Survey in the Colombian Informal Sector

Prepared for ILO-Latin America/WIEGO Latin America Regional Workshop on Statistics on the Informal Economy, Santiago, Chile

Earnings Determinants for Self-Employed Women and Men in the Informal Economy: The Case of Bogotá, ColombiaInternational Social Science Review

Reporte de Participante Nacional – Colombia

Taller de Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina (OIT/WIEGO)

The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste...

Self-Employed Proletarians in an Informal Factory: The Case of Cali’s Garbage DumpWorld Development (Pergamon Press)

Summary: This paper presents data on the organization of work among the scavengers on the garbage dump in the city of Cali, Colombia. Garbage...

La certificación de competencias laborales

Este documento discute el proceso para la certificación de competencias laborales usado en Colombia y el papel que WIEGO desempeña en apoyo...

Garbage, Industry, and the ‘Vultures’ of Cali, Colombia