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  • Journal Articles

    South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty

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  • Worker Story

    Deus é meu Despertador

    Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...

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  • Briefs

    Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal no Brasil

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  • Journal Articles

    Revitalising Economies of Disassembly: Informal Recyclers, Development Experts and E-Waste Reforms in BangaloreEconomic and Political Weekly

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis de Bogotá, Colômbia

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World

    This book is organised around some of the key themes related to the organising of waste pickers and their integration into municipal waste...

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

    Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...

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  • Research Reports

    Certification of Occupational Skills: A Decisive Step Towards Professionalizing Waste Picking as an Occupation and Recycling of Solid Waste in Colombia

    This document emphasizes the transformation of the waste management model and the labor certification process, which is a recognition of...

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