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Esta nota informativa traz uma análise mais detalhada sobre a gênese e os elementos chaves da política pública voltada para a integração de uma categoria de trabalhadores informais: a dos catadores de material reciclável de Belo Horizonte, Brasil, esboçada na Resumos de Políticas - No. 3.
In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited education and skills. Moreover, waste picking is increasingly recognized as making a valuable contribution to global environmental efforts and the development of...
The book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil (waste pickers and street vendors at Porto Alegre, commercial agents and door-to-door sellers at Itapetininga and Nova Friburgo). Using the ethnographic approach, the author shows the social and economic...
This paper traces back the origins of the conceptual framework Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management, and examines how this concept was appropriated in Brazil to inform activism of membership-based organizations (MBOs) and NGOs in their fight towards greater integration of waste pickers in...
This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil and determines that local public policy can benefit informal workers, but mostly does so indirectly. It provides background on...
Abstract: Informal labor markets have grown in peripheral countries, accounting for more than 50% of jobs. There is anecdotal evidence of a direct relation between informal sector growth and an increase in the frequency and severity of work-related diseases and injuries. Two sister pilot projects...
This book traces the history of the land reform movement (The Urban Reform Forum ) and explains the advances of the City Statute and what followed after its approval, the creation of the Ministry of the Cities. It also dwells on the challenges of implementing such a progressive framework in the...
Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis (IEBA). IEBAs examine how city and national government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal workers. This brief draws on the...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.