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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Research Reports

    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

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  • Journal Articles

    Part-time and Temporary Work: Flexibility for Whom?

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  • Research Reports

    The Inequality of Declining Wages During the Recovery

      More information about NELP is available on the website.

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

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  • Journal Articles

    Economie Informelle, Insécurité et Cohésion Sociale en Amérique Latine

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  • Research Reports

    Copa do Mundo Para Todos O Retrato dos Vendedores Ambulantes Nas Cidades-sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal Jobs: Another Occupational Hazard for Women’s Mental Health?International Journal of Epidemiology

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