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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

    Urban Markets in Lagos, Nigeria

    An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with...

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  • Journal Articles

    Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

    This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special...

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  • Research Reports

    Voice Regulation in the Informal Economy and New Forms of Work

    Abstract:This paper draws comparisons between the situation of Black workers in Apartheid South Africa and workers in the contemporary South...

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  • Research Reports

    A Census of Street Vendors in eThekwini Municipality

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  • Journal Articles

    Poor health kills small businesses: Illness and microenterprise in South Africa

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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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  • Journal Articles

    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

    Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

    Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...

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  • Research Reports

    WIEGO Childcare Initiative Summary Report (Thai)

    This summary, in Thai, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations.

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