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

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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

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

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  • Research Reports

    Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem

    Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...

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  • Journal Articles

    Amplifying voice, visibility and validity. Waste pickers in Jo’burg citySouth African Labour Bulletin

    The November/December 2017 edition of the South African Labour Bulletin features the article, “Amplifying voice, visibility and validity....

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria

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  • Journal Articles

    Informality and Collective Organising: identities, alliances and transnational activism in Africa

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Informal Employment in Kenya

    This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya.

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Occupational Health & Safety for Indigenous Caterers in Accra, Ghana

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  • Journal Articles

    The Informal Sector, Productivity, and Enforcement in West Africa: A Firm-level AnalysisReview of Development Economics

    This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

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  • Research Reports

    Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Waste Pickers: Realities & Recommendations

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal Institutions and Personal Rule in Urban GhanaAfrican Studies Review

    Abstract: Contrary to expectations of modern democratic development, the establishment of liberal-democratic institutions in Ghana has not...

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