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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

    The effect of recall on estimation of incidence rates for injury in Ghana

    The purpose of this study was to evaluate and estimate injury as one of the leading causes of adult mortality in most developing countries....

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para os Fornecedores Nativos em Acra, Gana

    em português

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  • Journal Articles

    Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations

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  • Working Papers

    The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Barriers to Access for Informal Workers

    Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is an innovative attempt to extend social protection to informal workers, and, as such, it...

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  • Journal Articles

    Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning?Berkeley Planning Journal

    One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes...

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  • Journal Articles

    The confounding influence of urban informality on innovation and production specialisation in production clusters: evidence from Nairobi

    Abstract: This paper investigates two agglomeration economies, innovation and production specialisation, within Nairobi’s handicraft...

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  • Research Reports

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

    Abstract:

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Organizando nas Ruas: Um estudo dos Catadores de recicláveis nas ruas da Cidade do Cabo

    Um resumo baseado no relatório de Koni Benson e Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, (ILRIG) – Grupo Internacional de Informação e Pesquisa de Trabalho

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  • Journal Articles

    Trade Union Renewal and Labor Transnationalism in South Africa: The Case of SATAWU

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