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  • Brazilian catadores with truck News
    SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019

    Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection

    In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...

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  • Sep 18 2019

    Third Regional Meeting of Home-based Worker Organizations and Supporters in Latin America

    • September 18, 2019 - September 19, 2019
    • Lima, Perú

    WIEGO, together with Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC),...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

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  • Journal Articles

    Economie Informelle, Insécurité et Cohésion Sociale en Amérique Latine

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  • Research Reports

    Copa do Mundo Para Todos O Retrato dos Vendedores Ambulantes Nas Cidades-sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal Jobs: Another Occupational Hazard for Women’s Mental Health?International Journal of Epidemiology

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  • Policy Briefs

    O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

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  • Research Reports

    Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Norte)

    Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste SudesteSul ...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Out of the Shadows: Political Action and the Informal Economy in Latin America

    Interdisciplinary analysis of the informal economy and informal politics in Latin America

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade

    Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.

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