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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

    Constraints to Growth and Employment in Durban: Evidence from the Informal Economy

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  • Research Reports

    South Africa’s Informal Economy: Reflections From a Second Exposure Dialogue in Durban

    School of Development Studies Research Report No 90

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

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

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Securing Livelihoods: A Gendered Analysis of Support Interventions available to Street Traders in the Durban Metropolitan Area

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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    Pensions and development: Social security as complementary to programmes of reconstruction and development

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  • Research Reports

    Childcare Initiative Summary Report – Hindi

    कामकाजी गरीब से संबंधित छह सदस्य-आधारित संगठनों (MBOs) से असंगठित महिला श्रमिकों और बच्चों की देखभाल पर शोध निष्कर्षों का सारांश

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Labour in the Construction Industry in Kenya: A Case Study of Nairobi

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  • Research Reports

    Enhancing Lobbying Capacity of Women Street Vendors: The Challenges in the Kenyan Policy Environment

    Abstract:

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