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  • Journal Articles

    World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

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  • Policy Briefs

    O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia

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  • Global Reports

    On the Road to Zero Waste

    This set of zero waste case studies profiles nine diverse communities, each providing a real-world example of authentic progress toward the...

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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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  • Research Reports

    Rising from the Waste– Organising Wastepickers in India, Thailand and the Philippines

    Abstract:

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  • Worker Story

    God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story

    The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...

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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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