Africa

Contaminated Identities: Mercury and marginalisation in Ghana’s artisanal mining sectorGeoforum

Occupational Health & Safety for Market and Street Traders in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana

The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

Working Paper on the Informal Economy, No. 10

Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing

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Why Evictions Do Not Deter Street Traders: Case Study in Accra, GhanaGhana Social Science Journal

Abstract: Like many major cities in developing countries, Accra faces increasing congestion of vehicles, pedestrians and traders around its...

Unlocking the Labor Force: An Economic Update on Cameroon

From a news article by The World Bank about this paper: “The labor market in Cameroon is characterized by a large informal sector,...

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...

“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...

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

Reconceptualizing the urban “informal sector” in underdeveloped countries: An overview of the Brazilian, Indian and South African cases

Paper written for GLU Conference, Mumbai, 22-24 February 2009