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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Mexico’s Street Vendors Go Solar

    Reuters. Roadside food vendors in Mexico’s Oaxaca are re-fitting gas-powered food stalls with solar technology. It’s all thanks to efforts...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Ezequiel Estay from Chile

    In Spanish with English subtitles En español con subtítulos en inglés  

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  • Legal Instruments

    Chile Law: Ordenanza Municipal para el Comercio Estacionado y Ambulante (Santiago, Chile)

    Ordinance governing street vending in Santiago, Chile

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  • Legal Instruments

    Reglamento de la Ley No. 29419 que regula los aspectos técnicos del reciclaje de los residuos sólidos en Perú

    Reglamento de la Ley No. 29419 que regula los aspectos técnicos del reciclaje de los residuos sólidos en Perú.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Diálogos sobre el Espacio Público: Trabajo Informal y Movilidad (Ciudad de Mexico)

    El objetivo del evento es crear un espacio de diálogo y discusión entre trabajadores informales que desempeñan sus actividades en el espacio...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    The Street Vendor Project

    From the SVP website: The Street Vendor Project is a membership-based project with more than 1,500 active vendor members who are working...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

    This final rule revises the duties that fall within the term companionship and the major effect is that more domestic service workers will...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Street Vendors Unite: Recommendations for Improving the Regulations on Street Vending in New York City

    This paper outlines modest proposals for improving the regulations on street vending in New York City, developed with and on behalf of the...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Interview with Paulina Paucar Peña (Peru–FEDEVAL/CUT)

    In this interview, Paulina Paucar Peña, who sells clothes at a market in Lima, tells us how the trade union organising campaign has helped...

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  • Presentations

    The Informal Recycling Sector in Brazil

    Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor

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