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    Livelihoods February 17, 2016

    Ciudades inclusivas para los trabajadores en empleo informal

    En la mayoría de los países en desarrollo, mucho más de la mitad de la fuerza de trabajo urbana es informal. Pero las trabajadoras y los...

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    Livelihoods February 17, 2016

    Inclusive Cities for Informal Workers

    In most developing countries, well over half the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers – and their livelihoods –...

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    Livelihoods January 04, 2016

    Trabajadores en empleo informal en el Perú presentan sus demandas y propuestas a partidos políticos

    By Olga Abizaid

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    Livelihoods December 23, 2015

    Informal Workers in Peru Present Their Demands and Proposals to Political Parties

    More than 140 informal worker leaders from Lima and other cities in Peru gathered in November to create a common platform of demands and...

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    Livelihoods December 18, 2015

    Trabajo y desarrollo humano: Entrevista con Nohra Padilla sobre la experiencia de los recicladores en Bogotá

    Foto: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage

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    Livelihoods December 15, 2015

    Work and Human Development: A Q&A with Nohra Padilla on the Experience of Waste Pickers in Bogota

    Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage This year’s Human Development Report, the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship publication,...

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    Livelihoods December 09, 2015

    Pope Francis, the environment, and waste pickers

    By Tania Espinosa Sánchez Pope Francis has made the environment and the poor a top priority since assuming his massively influential position...

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    Livelihoods December 09, 2015

    El papa Francisco, el medio ambiente y los pepenadores

    Por Tania Espinosa Sánchez Basureando El papa Francisco ha hecho del medio ambiente y los pobres una prioridad máxima desde que asumió su...

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    Livelihoods September 04, 2015

    Wither the “Labor” in Labor Day?

    For many of us, the word “informal employment” conjures up images of street vendors, rickshaw drivers, or casual laborers in agriculture—all...

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