Region: Africa

Poverty, Legal Empowerment and Informal Business in South Africa

Welfare, Development and Growth: Lessons from South Africa

The dynamics of local innovations among formal and informal enterprises: Stories from rural South Africa

Abstract: Exploiting the developmental potential of innovation for marginalised communities requires a context-specific understanding of...

Sustainable Urban Livelihoods and Marketplace Social Capital: Crisis and Strategy in Petty Trade

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Street trading in Africa: Demographic trends, planning and trader organisation

Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...

Occupational Exposure and Health Problems in Small Scale Industry Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a Situation AnalysisOccupational Medicine

Background: Workers in informal small-scale industries (SSI) in developing countries involved in welding, spray painting, woodwork and metalwork...

A Study of Working Conditions inthe Zanzibar Seaweed Farming Industry

This study aims to produce a, clear portrait of working conditions in the seaweed farming industry in Zanzibar from a worker perspective....

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Nakuru, Kenya

In Nakuru, WIEGO partnered with Kenya National Association of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT) to carry out this study.

Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine

This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.