Waste Pickers

Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia

Recycling Livelihoods – Integration of the Informal Recycling Sector in Solid Waste Management in India

Study prepared for GTZ’s sector project “Promotion of Concepts for Pro-Poor and Environmentally Friendly Closed-Loop Approaches in Solid...

Role of Informal Sector Recycling in Waste Management in Developing Countries

S’organiser dans la rue: une étude des récupérateurs de rue à Cape Town

Un sommaire tiré du rapport de Koni Benson et de Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG)

Climate Change and Informal Recycling: An NGO and a Private Sector Partnership in Bogotá

This chapter illuminates the crucial and often unrecognized role that developing world informal recyclers play in reducing the risks associated...

Mapping the Invisible and Real ‘African’ Economy: Urban E-waste CircuitryUrban Geography

Alleviating Poverty and Greening the City: Women Rag Pickers of Mumbai

International Conference “O Combate à Pobreza e à Exclusão Social : estratégias para o século XXI”

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.  

Medio ambiente y desarrollo. Miradas feministas desde ambos hemisferios

Medio ambiente y desarrollo. Miradas feministas desde ambos hemisferios tiene dos objetivos: en primer lugar, visibilizar los vínculos que...

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...