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Research Reports
Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle
La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...
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Journal Articles
Accumulation by dispossession and the informal economy – Struggles over knowledge, being and waste at a Soweto garbage dumpEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space
Melanie Samson, former coordinator of WIEGO’s work with waste pickers in Africa, recently published an article entitled “Accumulation...
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Technical Briefs
Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa
Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...
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Books & Book Chapters
Informação e trabalho: uma leitura sobre os catadores de material reciclável a partir das bases públicas de dados
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Journal Articles
South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty
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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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