All posts in The Americas
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Books & Book Chapters
Waste Pickers Movement and Right to the City: The Impacts in the Homeless Lives in Brazil
Abstract: This paper analysis the formation of the National Movement of Recyclable Waste Pickers (Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais...
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Journal Articles
Informal Cities and the Contestation of Public Space: The Case of Bogotá’s Street Vendors, 1988—2003Urban Studies
The resurgence of informal street trading poses serious challenges for local officials responsible for the maintenance of public space. This...
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Research Reports
Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en latinoamérica: El caso de Ciudad de México, México
El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud...
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Research Reports
Problems with Temporary and Subcontracted Work in California
The nature of employment is changing. Employees are increasingly seen as liabilities rather than assets, and so workers are kept at arm’s...
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Journal Articles
Home-Based Work and Women’s Labor Force DecisionsJournal of Labor Economics
Abstract: Home‐based work differs from other employment because the work site is the home itself. This difference means that the fixed costs...
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Journal Articles
‘An area that governs itself ’: Informality, uncertainty and the management of street vending in New York CityPlanning Theory
Laws governing street vending in New York City are confusing, convoluted, at times contradictory and difficult to enforce with any sort of...
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Working Papers
Presupuesto y Economía Informal en Brasil, Pakistán, Perú y las Filipinas
Este documento reúne resultados de cuatro estudios de países sobre el análisis presupuestario de la economía informal.
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Journal Articles
Associations and Activism: Mobilization of Urban Informal Workers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
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Policy Briefs
Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
This Briefing Note explores the origin and key elements of public policy focused on the integration of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil....
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Research Reports
Reporte del Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de Chile
Taller de Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina (OIT/WIEGO)
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