Africa

Self-organized informal workers and trade union initiatives in Malawi: Process, challenges and directions of organizing the informal economy

Abstract:This study compares self-organising by informal workers with trade union initiatives of organising in the informal economy in Malawi....

Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...

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

Introductory Paper for the Africa Regional Workshop on Informal Workers/Producers in Food and Forest Global Commodity Chains

Santé et sécurité au travail pour les traiteurs indigènes d’Accra (Ghana)

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The Improvisers

A report about the number of Kenyan youth joining the informal economy because of the high unemployment rate in the country.   A related...

A Report on Street Vending in Ghana

Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores de Nakuru, Quênia

Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Accra Metropolis

WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

“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...