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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores de Nakuru, Quênia

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  • Research Reports

    Urban informality and building a more inclusive, resilient and green economy

    The green economy and climate resilience agendas are widely promoted as solutions to 21st century challenges facing sustainable development....

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  • Research Reports

    Cooling Agents: An Examination of the role of the Informal Recycling Sector in Mitigating Climate Change

    Intuition and common sense suggest that recycling waste mitigates greenhouse gases. Now, data from all over the developed world shows this...

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  • Research Reports

    Waste Pickers in Brazil: promoting sustainable development through poverty eradication policies

    Concept note presented for 69th United Nations General Assembly’s Side Event organized by the Presidency of Brazil and CEMPRE.

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  • Budget Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Greater Monrovia

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  • Presentations

    Mulheres Catadoras

    Presentation (Portuguese) on the Waste and Gender Programme developed by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO),...

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  • Presentations

    Guia Acadêmico/Técnico Social

    Presentation on Gender and Waste Project with catadores, 9-10 April, Minas Gerais. Apresentação sobre Projeto de Gênero e Resíduos com catadores,...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Agustin Casal

    This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist.   In Spanish with English subtitles. ...

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    International Development Innovation Network

    This blog post by Laura Lehman shares information on “Problem-Solving, Partnership & Prototypes: A Reflection on IDDS Zero Waste...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Catadores de materiais recicláveis ingressam na cena global

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