Africa

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...

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...

Interview: 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...

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...

Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19

Understanding self-employment at the margins of the South African economy: Findings from a pilot study on qualitative approaches to self-employment

Report for the National Income Dynamics Study Steering Committee, Draft

Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

 This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.

Children, Citizenship and Child Support: The Child Support Grant in South Africa

The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Informal business and poverty in South Africa: Rethinking the paradigmLaw, Democracy and Development

Analysing policy discourse concerning the informal economy in South Africa, the article explicates in detail the paucity of (even ostensibly...