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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Members of Bokk Diom and local fisherfolk cleaning a beach together in Dakar. 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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  • Beauty Mgiqizane, Durban, South Africa Post
    Building Collective Power September 17, 2019

    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...

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  • Street vendors in Accra. (Photo: J. Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage 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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