Region: Africa

Informality and Collective Organising: identities, alliances and transnational activism in Africa

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Statistics on Informal Employment in Kenya

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

Occupational Health & Safety for Indigenous Caterers in Accra, Ghana

The Informal Sector, Productivity, and Enforcement in West Africa: A Firm-level AnalysisReview of Development Economics

This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Waste Pickers: Realities & Recommendations

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...

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. 

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

Local Government in Transition – A Gendered Analysis of Trends in Urban Policy and Practice Regarding Street Trading in Five South African Cities

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 18

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.