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

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Nakuru, Kenya

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

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  • Journal Articles

    Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine

    This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.

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  • Journal Articles

    “We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban Forum

    Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing...

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  • Journal Articles

    A cross-sectional survey to assess household sanitation practices associated with uptake of “Clean Team” serviced home toilets in Kumasi, Ghana

    This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

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  • Research Reports

    Informalising the Formal: Clothing Manufacturing in Durban, South Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Durban Street Traders

    This report provides a disaggregated analysis of known street vendors in the eThekwini Municipality by type of area, with further disaggregation...

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  • Journal Articles

    ‘World Class Cities for All’: Street traders as agents of union revitalization in contemporary South AfricaLabour, Capital and Society

    AbstractEngaging with recent scholarly debates on the challenges of labour movement revitalization in both the global North and South, this...

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  • Research Reports

    Organising in the Taxi Industry: The South African Experience

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  • Research Reports

    City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

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