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  • Journal Articles

    Contribution of cooperative sector recycling to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: A case study of Ribeirão Pires, BrazilWaste Management

    Abstract: Solid waste, including municipal waste and its management, is a major challenge for most cities and among the key contributors...

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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

     

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  • Journal Articles

    Modernist Planning and the Foundations of Urban Violence in Latin AmericaBuilt Environment

    This article suggests that both the origins and responses to urban violence in Latin America have involved some sort of state ordering of...

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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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