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  • Books & Book Chapters

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

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  • Journal Articles

    The Formalization of Informal/Precarious Labor in Contemporary ArgentinaInternational Sociology

    Abstract: In this article we argue that the Argentinian state is legalizing or formalizing informal/precarious labor. In the actual context...

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  • Research Reports

    Empoderamiento Legal de los Trabajadores en la Economía Informal

    Estratégias para fortelecer la capacidad de las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal

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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo: Vendedoras e Vendedores de Rua da Região Metropolitana de Lima

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  • Journal Articles

    Linking Trade and Labour Standards: A Promising Synergy or Double-edged Sword? Acta Juridica

    Trade liberalisation is increasingly promoted and regulated through regional, bilateral or unilateral trade arrangements. In recent years...

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  • Journal Articles

    Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience

    Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity...

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  • Research Reports

    Gênero e Meio Ambiente: A dupla Jornada de Injustiça Ambiental em uma Cooperativa de Mulheres de Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis.

    em português   ABSTRACTS:   English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in...

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  • Research Reports

    Measuring informal employment in Mexico

    Seminar for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Cambridge, MA, 31 October – 1 November 2008

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Behind the label: inequality in the Los Angeles apparel industry

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  • Books & Book Chapters