The Americas

Broken laws, unprotected workers: Violations of employment and labour laws in America’s cities

The Low-Wage Recovery and Growing Inequality

NELP Summary: This report updates NELP’s previous analyses of job loss and job growth trends during and after the Great Recession. More information...

(In)dependent Contractor Misclassification

Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ...

Catadores nas políticas públicas

Especial – Vida nas ruas População em situação de rua e o direito à Cidade

The Globalisation of capital and its impact on the world of formal and informal work: Challenges for and responses from Argentine unions

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How to Analyse Government Budgets from an Informal Economy Perspective

Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis...

Trabalho Informal e Direito à Cidade

The Economics of the Informal Sector: A Simple Model and Some Empirical Evidence from Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, No. WPS1727

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...

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