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Project
Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling
The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...
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Resource Documents
Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup
This literature survey draws together and synthesizes research that has been done on mega events, with a particular focus on the 2010 World...
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Post
Building Collective Power September 17, 2019Interview: How South Africa Could Become a Model for Formalizing the Informal Economy
WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, talks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204 on formalizing the...
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Law & Informality Insights
Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries
This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...
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Research Reports
Paid Care Providers in South Africa: Nurses, Domestic Workers, and Home-Based Care Workers
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Books & Book Chapters
The State of the Informal Economy
Available as a download from HSRC Press website
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Working Papers
South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile
This paper presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, and attempts to identify the economic...
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Books & Book Chapters
Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions
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Journal Articles
Developmental Local Government in Post-Apartheid South Africa? A Feminist Rethinking of the State and Development in the Context of Neo-liberalism
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Research Reports
Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors
This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...
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