The Americas

O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Norte)

Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-OesteNordeste SudesteSul ...

Out of the Shadows: Political Action and the Informal Economy in Latin America

Interdisciplinary analysis of the informal economy and informal politics in Latin America

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...

The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models

Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...

Employment Change and Economic Vulnerability in the US

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights