Theme: Public and Workplace Services

Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa

Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays...

Linking Safety Nets, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction: Directions for Africa

Homework in the Context of Globalization

Paper prepared for the workshop, “Towards Securer Lives – Social Protection for Home Based Workers in South Asia,”...

Rethinking Informalization: Poverty, Precarious Jobs and Social Protection

Safety and Health of Urban Informal Sector Workers

Hidden health costs of pesticide use in Zimbabwe’s smallholder cotton growers

Extending health and safety protection to informal workers: an analysis of small scale mining in KwaZulu-Natal

School of Development Studies Research Report 76

Living in the Background: Home-based Women Workers and Poverty Persistence

CPRC Working Paper 97

Location, Location, Location: The Life of a Refugee Street Barber in Durban, South Africa

Choma Choma Nalushaka made an arduous journey from war-torn Congo to South Africa—then waited years for his family to join him. He has established...

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...