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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

    Informal Sector and Employment Generation in Nigeria: An Error Correction Model

    Abstract: This paper examines the impact of informal sector on employment generation in Nigeria during the period 1970 to 2010 making use...

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  • Journal Articles

    When men do women’s work: structural adjustment, unemployment and changing gender relations in the informal economy of Accra, GhanaThe Journal of Modern African Studies

    Abstract: Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of...

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  • Journal Articles

    Urban Markets in Lagos, Nigeria

    An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with...

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  • Research Reports

    “The Poor Also Must Live!” Market Demolition, Gentrification and the Quest for Survival in Lagos State

    Report on demolition of traditional open markets, as part of the State government programme to develop Lagos into a “mega city”. This...

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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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  • Journal Articles

    The Manchester Road: Women and the Informalization of Work in South Africa’s Footwear Industry

    Abstract: The article discusses the informalization of work in the footwear industry of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and its impact on...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 5 – Tackling Urban Management Issues: A Cooperative Effort

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  • Research Reports

    Stitching for Survival: Home-Based Clothing Operations in the Informal Economy

    The Experience of Two Women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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  • Worker Story

    Location, Location, Location: The Life of a Refugee Street Barber in Durban, South Africa

    Choma Choma Nalushaka made an arduous journey from war-torn Congo to South Africa—then waited years for his family to join him. He has established...

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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

     

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