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Linking Safety Nets, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction: Directions for Africa
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The tangled web of associational life: Urban governance and the politics of popular livelihoods in Nigeria
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Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action
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“You just look at our work and see if you have any freedom on earth”: Ghanaian women’s accounts of their work and their health
Abstract: Research on women’s health in the developing world has focussed on reproductive issues and has defined women primarily as...
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Assessing the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in the Context of Instability and Informal Economies
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Santé et sécurité au travail pour les commerçants et les vendeurs de rue d’Accra et de Takoradi (Ghana)
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Social Capital or Analytical Liability: Social Networks and African Informal EconomiesGlobal Networks
Abstract The rise of the ‘social capitalist’ paradigm has turned social networks into a concept that conceals more than it reveals. In this...
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Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya
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Economic Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone
Evidence from a recent assessment by Mercy Corps of economic recovery assessment in Sierra Leone showed that youth and petty traders were...
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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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