All posts in The Americas
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Research Reports
The Economics of the Informal Sector: A Simple Model and Some Empirical Evidence from Latin America
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, No. WPS1727
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Journal Articles
Contribution of cooperative sector recycling to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: A case study of Ribeirão Pires, BrazilWaste Management
Abstract: Solid waste, including municipal waste and its management, is a major challenge for most cities and among the key contributors...
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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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Journal Articles
Modernist Planning and the Foundations of Urban Violence in Latin AmericaBuilt Environment
This article suggests that both the origins and responses to urban violence in Latin America have involved some sort of state ordering of...
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Research Reports
Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)
Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...
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Research Reports
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...
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Journal Articles
The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models
Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...
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Research Reports
Reporte de Participante Nacional – Colombia
Taller de Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina (OIT/WIEGO)
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Books & Book Chapters
Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights
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Journal Articles
Sociological Inquiry
Abstract: Most research on the informal economy concentrates on how the informal economy operates at the international and regional levels...
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