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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    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.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Resumen Normativo sobre Recicladores en Peru

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

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    International Development Innovation Network

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

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  • Advocacy Materials

    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...

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  • Project Reports

    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 ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    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.

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  • Presentations

    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...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    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.  ...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Panorama de la situación de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal en la Ciudad de México: Recomendaciones para una ciudad más inclusiva

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Our Work is Honest Work

    This video profiles a domestic worker and organizer in the U.S. who talks about the pride she has for her work, her family and her dreams....

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