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ການປັບປຸງການເຂົ້າເຖິງປະກັນສັງຄົມສຳຫລັບຜູ້ທຳງານຢູ່ເຮືອນໃນນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ ສປປ ລາວ – WIEGO Policy Brief No. 32. Read More
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Technical BriefsWaste Pickers and Carbon Finance: Issues to ConsiderThis Technical Brief clarifies the requirements for carbon finance mechanisms to provide an assessment of whether informal waste picker membership-based... Read More Working PapersThe Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical ProfileThis paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,... Read More Working PapersSocial Protection, Citizenship and the Employment RelationshipThis paper addresses the issues of social protection, citizenship and the employment relationship, through the lens of South Africa. It argues... Read More Working PapersInformal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban EnvironmentThe New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And... Read More Resource DocumentsPerceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana Read More Policy BriefsOverview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in BrazilBrazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and... Read More Policy BriefsHousing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country StudyThis policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of... Read More Statistical BriefsStatistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban PeruBased on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also... Read More Organizing BriefsDefining and Categorizing Organizations of Informal Workers in Developing and Developed CountriesThis organizing brief, written for researchers and activists concerned about informal workers, aims to capture the full range of organizational... Read More Technical BriefsHow to Assess Security of Tenure and Emulate Mortgages for Financing Semi-Formal Homes: Lessons from Mahila Housing SEWA TrustNohn and Bhatt’s Technical Brief examines how the Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has tackled the issue of housing loans in contexts of tenure... Read More First Prev ... 9 ... 18 19 20 ... Next Last
Waste Pickers and Carbon Finance: Issues to ConsiderThis Technical Brief clarifies the requirements for carbon finance mechanisms to provide an assessment of whether informal waste picker membership-based... Read More
The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical ProfileThis paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,... Read More
Social Protection, Citizenship and the Employment RelationshipThis paper addresses the issues of social protection, citizenship and the employment relationship, through the lens of South Africa. It argues... Read More
Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban EnvironmentThe New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And... Read More
Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana Read More
Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in BrazilBrazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and... Read More
Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country StudyThis policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of... Read More
Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban PeruBased on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also... Read More
Defining and Categorizing Organizations of Informal Workers in Developing and Developed CountriesThis organizing brief, written for researchers and activists concerned about informal workers, aims to capture the full range of organizational... Read More
How to Assess Security of Tenure and Emulate Mortgages for Financing Semi-Formal Homes: Lessons from Mahila Housing SEWA TrustNohn and Bhatt’s Technical Brief examines how the Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has tackled the issue of housing loans in contexts of tenure... Read More
