Region: Africa

WIEGO Childcare Initiative Summary Report (Thai)

This summary, in Thai, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations.

Informal Workers in Urban South Africa: A Statistical Snapshot

This brief offers details of the urban informal workers in South Africa’s metros, with a further focus on three cities.

The empowerment trap: gender, poverty and the informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa

Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action

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Long-term injury related disability in Ghana

Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para Comerciantes e Vendedores Ambulantes em Acra e Takoradi, Gana

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

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...

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...

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...