Region: Africa

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda

With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more...

Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa

Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays...

Women Informal Workers Mobilizing for Child Care

This paper provides Member-Based Organizations (MBOs) with examples of how women in informal employment are mobilizing for child care in...

Livelihoods (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets: Reflections from Recent Studies in KwaZulu-Natal

Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

Trade unions and the challenge of the informalisation of work

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Chapter 3 – Different Sectors, Different Challenges

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...