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Journal Articles
Informal Institutions and Personal Rule in Urban GhanaAfrican Studies Review
Abstract: Contrary to expectations of modern democratic development, the establishment of liberal-democratic institutions in Ghana has not...
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Efficient lighting uptake among the urban poor: evidence from a Kenyan informal settlementEnvironment and Urbanization
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.
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Books & Book Chapters
Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy
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Research Reports
Organizing in South Africa’s Informal Economy: An Overview of Four Sectoral Case Studies
In Focus Programme, Series on Representation and Organization Building. Working Paper, No. 60
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Research Reports
Towards a Right to Work: The Rationale for an Employment Guarantee in South Africa
Paper presented at the PLAAS Studies in Poverty and Inequality and Isandla Institute Conference on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa,...
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Technical Briefs
Major International Events and the Working Poor: Selected Lessons for Social Actors Stemming from the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa
This technical brief explores issues that arose before, during and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with the aim of informing...
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Methodological innovations in research on the dynamics of poverty: a longitudinal study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Research Reports
The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers
These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...
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Informal business and poverty in South Africa: Rethinking the paradigmLaw, Democracy and Development
Analysing policy discourse concerning the informal economy in South Africa, the article explicates in detail the paucity of (even ostensibly...
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‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development ReportJournal of International Development
Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...
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