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  • Brazilian catadora with recyclables Statistical Briefs

    Catadores de materiais recicláveis no Brasil: um perfil estatístico

    O Brasil é líder no reconhecimento de seus mais de 281.000 catadores informais em cadeias de reciclagem e nas estatísticas oficiais do...

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  • Briefs

    Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 3

    In this brief, we discuss the changes in Bolsa Família, the Brazilian cash-grant flagship programme, in light of the recent developments...

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  • Brazilian catadora with recyclables Statistical Briefs

    Waste Pickers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile

    Brazil is a leader in recognizing its more than 281,000 informal waste pickers in recycling chains and the country’s official statistics....

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Cartilha de precificação para o trabalho dos catadores e das catadoras

    Pagamento por serviços na catação Esta cartilha apresenta orientações de como precificar o trabalho dos catadores seja das organizações coletivas...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Oi! Foi bom te ver lá na formação. Na sua turma também tinha catadores e catadoras do Brasil todo e que trabalhavam na rua ou galpão?

    Cartão-Memória Cata Saúde: Este cartão-memória reconta como foi o projeto de capacitação online Cata Saúde Viraliza a partir de um diálogo...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and Canners in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    Canners represent many underserved populations in New York City, including racially or ethnically marginalized groups, undocumented immigrants,...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and Street Vendors in New York City, USA: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    Between 10,000 and 20,000 New Yorkers make their living selling food or merchandise on the city’s streets. This report presents the NYC Street...

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  • Technical Briefs

    Formalization as Public Service Providers: Achievements and Obstacles for Colombia’s Waste Pickers

    This technical brief provides an analysis of the process that led to the recognition and remuneration of Colombia’s waste picker sector...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Winning a Right to the Sidewalks: Street Vendors in New York

    This Brief seeks to identify and examine certain factors that led to the proposal to reform New York’s street vending legislation that...

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    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 08, 2021

    Regulating Informal Food Vending in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: Best Practices from Africa and Latin America

    Governments, preoccupied with guaranteeing the availability of essential goods and services, compiled lists of essential activities that...

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