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Working Papers Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City This paper considers whether national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal economy workers – particularly... Read More Working Papers A Literature Review on Linkages Between Formal and Informal Economies in Developing Countries Growing awareness of the size and organizational potential of informal economies in the era of globalization has triggered a profusion of... Read More Resource Documents If Street Food Disappears — Projecting the Cost for Consumers in Bangkok Read More Policy Briefs Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and... Read More Policy Briefs Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of... Read More Statistical Briefs Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru Based 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 Briefs Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included... Read More Technical Briefs Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic... Read More Working Papers Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima This paper analyzes the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly)... Read More Working Papers Informal Workers in Global Horticulture and Commodities Value Chains: A Review of Literature This paper analyzes existing value chain literature in the existing horticulture and commodities sectors with a particular focus on what... Read More First Prev ... 12 ... 21 22 23 ... Next Last
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City This paper considers whether national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal economy workers – particularly... Read More
A Literature Review on Linkages Between Formal and Informal Economies in Developing Countries Growing awareness of the size and organizational potential of informal economies in the era of globalization has triggered a profusion of... Read More
Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil Brazil 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 Study This 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 Peru Based 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
Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included... Read More
Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic... Read More
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima This paper analyzes the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly)... Read More
Informal Workers in Global Horticulture and Commodities Value Chains: A Review of Literature This paper analyzes existing value chain literature in the existing horticulture and commodities sectors with a particular focus on what... Read More
