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Technical Briefs
Formalization as Public Service Providers: Achievements and Obstacles for Colombia’s Waste Pickers
This technical brief provides an analysis of the process that led to the recognition and remuneration of Colombia’s waste picker sector...
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Project
Home as Workplace
For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage...
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Research Reports
Family-Friendly Policies for Workers in the Informal Economy
This policy brief is an outcome of a collaboration between WIEGO, UNICEF and the ILO in advocating for family-friendly policies to protect...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Waste Warriors of Delhi: Locating waste picker communities across the city
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Project
Waste Pickers and Human Rights
ILO estimates indicate that close to 20 million people worldwide earn their living from recycling waste. Many work as waste pickers who gather...
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Resource Documents
O Ecossistema de Resíduos: O papel dos catadores e vendedores ambulantes na redução da poluição do litoral durante o carnaval de Salvador da Bahia, Brasil
English Thomas, Brittany A., Sonia M. Dias, Cynthia Deng e Mariana Pereira Guimarães. 2021. O Ecossistema de Resíduos: O papel dos catadores...
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Research Reports
La crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal: Resumen ejecutivo
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Research Reports
La crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle : Résumé
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Research Reports
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Executive Summary
The COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-coordinated1 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19...
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Advocacy Materials
Protection sociale des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel : Tendances et changements
Le système d’enregistrement est un outil essentiel pour étendre la protection sociale aux travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel. Dans cette note...
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