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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Street trading in Africa: Demographic trends, planning and trader organisation

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informal workers in Kenya and transnational organizing: Networking and leveraging resources

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  • Journal Articles

    “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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  • Research Reports

    Technical Memorandum: United Republic of Tanzania labour administration and inspection audit

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  • Research Reports

    Paid Work, Women’s Empowerment and Inclusive Growth: Transforming the Structures of Constraint

    This research paper examines the extent to which the structure of economic opportunities generated by a country’s growth strategies...

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  • Research Reports

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

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  • Journal Articles

    Changes in Official Attitudes Towards Urban Agriculture in AccraAfrican Studies Quarterly

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

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  • Journal Articles

    Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine

    This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.

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  • Journal Articles

    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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