Skip To Content

Africa

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

All posts in Africa

  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

    Read More
  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Accra Metropolis

    WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

    Read More
  • Journal Articles

    Street trade, neoliberalisation and the control of space: Nairobi’s Central Business District in the era of entrepreneurial urbanism.Journal of Eastern African Studies

    The article discusses this hypothesis by examining the evolution of spatial politics on the streets of Nairobi’s Central Business District...

    Read More
  • City/Country Level Reports

    WIEGO Resource Document – Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia

    This paper aims to assess whether the government budget in Liberia address the needs of informal workers, in particular street vendors, market...

    Read More
  • Research Reports

    Organizing Informal Women Workers

    Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

    Read More
  • Books & Book Chapters

    Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management

    Read More
  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Informal Employment in South Africa

    This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in South Africa.

    Read More
  • Books & Book Chapters

    Definitions, Data and the Informal Economy in South Africa: A Critical Analysis

    Chapter can be accessed through Google Scholar or download the book, The Development Decade? in its entirety.

    Read More
  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informalisation and the Reconfiguration of Labour Relations in the Durban Clothing Industry

    Read More
  • Journal Articles

    Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

    Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

    Read More