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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Journal Articles

    Falling through the Regulatory Cracks: Street Selling of Pesticides and Poisoning among Urban Youth in South AfricaInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Human Resource Development in the Informal Economy

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  • Journal Articles

    The reproductive and occupational health of women street vendors in Johannesburg, South AfricaSocial Science and Medicine

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    Waste management policy: implications for landfill waste salvagers in the Western CapeInternational Journal of Environment and Waste Management

    Abstract: The City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Department’s (CCTSWMD) design of a more formal, integrated and sustainable waste...

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  • Research Reports

    Poverty Trends in South Africa

    From the report’s preface: “This report presents poverty and inequality trends based on data collected by Stats SA through the...

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  • Research Reports

    Nossos filhosnão recebem a atenção que merecem

    Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...

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  • Resource Documents

    Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade

    This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...

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  • Journal Articles

    Informality and Collective Organising: identities, alliances and transnational activism in Africa

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  • Journal Articles

    A Re-Examination of the Urban Informal Sector in West Africa

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