The Americas

Inclusive Cities – Shrinking Inequalities in Latin America — A Response to the Economist’s “Securing Livelihoods” Edition

A blog post by WIEGO’s Waste Sector Specialist, Sonia Dias.

Resumen Normativo sobre Recicladores en Peru

Resumen relacionado al marco normativo de los recicladores en Peru; en referencia a la Ley 29419

International Development Innovation Network

This blog post by Laura Lehman shares information on “Problem-Solving, Partnership & Prototypes: A Reflection on IDDS Zero Waste...

World Cup for All: A Portrait of Street Vendors’ Organizations in the World Cup Host Cities in Brazil

This report is an English summary of a Portuguese research study StreetNet International commissioned on organizations of informal traders...

Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

“Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...

Argentina Law: Ley No. 1166 de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Updates to the laws governing street vending on public roads in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Challenges of informal employment in Mexico City

The Round Table “Informal Employment in Mexico City: Challenges and Perspectives 2017” was organized on February 16, 2017 as...

Diseño para aseadores CDMX – Equipo 6

Designs prepared for Mexico City Shoe Shiner’s Union by a group of design students from Mexico City’s IberoAmerican University.  ...

Nohra Padilla, Third Generation Recycler and Advocate for Organizing the Working Poor

Law: New York Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights

Webpage for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights in the state of New York, with links to multilingual resource pages