Africa

Developmental Local Government in Post-Apartheid South Africa? A Feminist Rethinking of the State and Development in the Context of Neo-liberalism

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...

Executive Summary, Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

Extending Occupational Health and Safety to Urban Street Vendors: Reflections From a Project in Durban, South Africa

Abstract: This article focuses on an action-research project which is attempting to extend occupational health and safety to a group of street...

Actor networks and innovation activities among rural enterprises in a South African locality

Abstract: Rural localities are often viewed as too remote, sparsely populated and poor in critical resources needed for them to be innovation...

Employment, Incomes and Equality: A Strategy for Increasing Productive Employment in Kenya

A report of an inter- agency team financed by the United Nations Development Programme and organised by the International Labour Office to...

Education and earnings in urban West Africa

Informality in Africa: A Review

This paper examines the realities of informal employment in sub-Saharan Africa, where a significant proportion of employment activity and...

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

Household Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract: Despite 40 percent of households relying on household enterprises (non-farm enterprises operated by a single individual or with...