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Journal Articles
Producing Privatization: Re-articulating Race, Gender, Class and Space
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Working Papers
Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns
Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...
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Briefs
Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming
Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte...
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Research Reports
Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa
SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy...
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Research Reports
Sin Colchón que Amortigüe la Caída: La Crisis Económica Global y los Trabajadores de la Economía Informal
Report available in English here. Informe disponible en español aquí. Fact Sheet available in English here. Ficha Técnica disponible en español...
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Research Reports
Role of Informal Recyclers in Small and Medium Towns in India
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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis de Bogotá, Colômbia
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Research 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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Journal Articles
Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine
This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.
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Journal Articles
The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia
Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste...
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