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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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  • Research Reports

    Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Obliging Need: Rural Petty Industry in Mexican Capitalism

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  • Research Reports

    Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work

    Domestic workers are critical to the US economy. They help families meet many of the most basic physical, emotional, and social needs of...

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  • Research Reports

    Sidewalk Standoff: Street Vendor Regulations are Costly, Confusing, and Leave Many Disgruntled

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  • Research Reports

    Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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  • Research Reports

    WIEGO Report on the Policy Environment of Informal Urban Waste Pickers and Artisanal Mine Workers in Colombia

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  • Working Papers

    The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile

    This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,...

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  • Working Papers

    Proceso de integración de los cartoneros de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Del reconocimiento a la gestión de Centros Verdes y la recolección selectiva

    En Argentina, y en particular en su Capital Federal (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / CABA), la problemática asociada a los recolectores...

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