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Livelihoods February 17, 2016Ciudades 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, 2016Inclusive 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, 2016Trabajadores en empleo informal en el Perú presentan sus demandas y propuestas a partidos políticos
By Olga Abizaid
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Livelihoods December 23, 2015Informal 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, 2015Trabajo 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, 2015Work 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, 2015Pope 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, 2015El 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, 2015Wither 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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