Africa

Impact of Micro-Finance on the Efficiency of Micro-Enterprises in Cape Coast

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Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores de Nakuru, Quênia

Bringing Formal Business Laws to Cameroon’s Informal Sector: Lessons and Cautions from the Tax Law ExampleWashington University Global Studies Law Review

Abstract: A substantial majority of non-agricultural workers in a developing country such as Cameroon engage in legal businesses below the...

The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, Nigeria

Abstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth...

Capitalism and the Common Man: Peasants and Petty Production in Africa and South AsiaAgrarian South: Journal of Political Economy

Abstract: In 1976, the political sociologist of Africa, Gavin Williams, controversially ‘took the part of peasants’ in an essay, the critique...

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

Organising Workers in the Informal Economy: The Experience of the Self Employed Women’s Union, 1994-2004

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Book Review: “A Bridge Between Trade Unions and Social Movements in Contemporary South Africa” by Ercüment Celik

The book review is on pages 9 – 10 of the newsletter.

Statistics on Informal Employment in South Africa

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