The Americas

Sociological Inquiry

Abstract: Most research on the informal economy concentrates on how the informal economy operates at the international and regional levels...

Informal and Nonstsandard Employment in the United States

Abstract: The informal economy, meaning employment and production that operate outside the regulatory and tax systems, tends to be overlooked...

Catadores nas políticas públicas

Especial – Vida nas ruas População em situação de rua e o direito à Cidade

The Globalisation of capital and its impact on the world of formal and informal work: Challenges for and responses from Argentine unions

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How to Analyse Government Budgets from an Informal Economy Perspective

Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis...

Trabalho Informal e Direito à Cidade

The Economics of the Informal Sector: A Simple Model and Some Empirical Evidence from Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, No. WPS1727

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...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

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...