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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

    Livelihood Strategies in African Cities: The Case of Residents in Bamenda

    Abstract: This paper, in the African Review of Economics and Finance, analyses the livelihood strategies of residents in the city of Bamenda,...

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  • Research Reports

    Better OHS for Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

    This is a summary of a case study by Tony Dzidzinyo Dogbe and Suki Annan.

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  • Resource Documents

    Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana (Resource Document)

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets

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  • Research Reports

    Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa

    Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19

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  • Journal Articles

    Addressing inequality and economic marginalisation

    Cape Town: Institute for African Alternatives

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  • Journal Articles

    ‘World Class Cities for All’: Street traders as agents of union revitalization in contemporary South AfricaLabour, Capital and Society

    AbstractEngaging with recent scholarly debates on the challenges of labour movement revitalization in both the global North and South, this...

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  • Research Reports

    Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa

    SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary-Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

    This report examines street vending in Durban, South Africa. The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) seeks to provide credible, grounded...

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  • Journal Articles

    People want to work, yet most have to labour: Towards decent work in South African supply chainsLaw, Democracy and Development

    The rights of labour have been described as “claims of reciprocity for the reality of being labour”. For over 12 million unemployed South...

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