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Press
COVID-19 Crisis Study May 26, 2020Informal workers can help stop COVID-19 infection spread in Peru and throughout Latin America
Despite the troubling and false narrative that has taken hold in Peru and is spreading across Latin America about the role of informal...
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Statistical Briefs
Informal Workers in Urban Thailand: A Statistical Snapshot
This brief contains estimates on informal workers in Bangkok and other urban centres in Thailand.
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News
Legal Empowerment September 22, 2019Mexico City Recognizes the Rights of Informal Waste Pickers
On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid...
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Resource Documents
Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Lima, Peru
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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo: Vendedoras e Vendedores de Rua da Região Metropolitana de Lima
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Statistical Briefs
Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru
Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...
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Policy Briefs
Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil
Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and...
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Policy Briefs
Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
This Briefing Note explores the origin and key elements of public policy focused on the integration of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil....
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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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