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Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade

Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

A summary of research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations

This publication is a summary of “Our children do not get the attention they deserve”: A synthesis of research finding on women informal...

Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special...

Experiencias y estrategias de protección social desde organizaciones de Trabajadores/as informales urbanos en México: los casos de la ciudad de México, Mérida y Monterrey

Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

Part-time and Temporary Work: Flexibility for Whom?

The Inequality of Declining Wages During the Recovery

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Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

Crowding in Collective Remittances: Lessons Learned from State-HTA Collaborations in El Salvador

Destination D.C. Working Paper

The Informal Economy and Employment in Brazil

The book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil (waste pickers and street vendors at Porto...