The Americas

Co-optation, Competition and Resistance: State and Street Vendors in Mexico City

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Home is Where the Work is: Inside New York’s Domestic Work Industry

The Informal Economy: Making it in Rural America

FIELD (The Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination) is a program of the Aspen Institute.

Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Research and Policy Brief No. 30

Belo Horizonte Selective Waste Collection Programme

Género y diferenciales de salarios en la Argentina

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima

This paper analyzes the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly)...

Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal no Brasil

Statistics on Waste Pickers in Brazil

In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited...

Contrapunto: The Informal Sector Debate in Latin America