Skip To Content

Region: Africa

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

All posts in Africa

  • Journal Articles

    Traders on the Run: Activities of Street Vendors in the Accra Metropolitan Area, GhanaNorwegian Journal of Geography

    Read More
  • Project Reports

    Introductory Paper for the Africa Regional Workshop on Informal Workers/Producers in Food and Forest Global Commodity Chains

    Read More
  • Research Reports

    The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Working Paper on the Informal Economy, No. 10

    Read More
  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Nakuru, Kenya

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

    Read More
  • Journal Articles

    Bringing Formal Business Laws to Cameroon’s Informal Sector: Lessons and Cautions from the Tax Law ExampleWashington University Global Studies Law Review

    Abstract: A substantial majority of non-agricultural workers in a developing country such as Cameroon engage in legal businesses below the...

    Read More
  • Journal Articles

    Urban Markets in Lagos, Nigeria

    An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with...

    Read More
  • Journal Articles

    Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

    This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special...

    Read More
  • Research Reports

    Livelihoods (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets: Reflections from Recent Studies in KwaZulu-Natal

    Read More
  • Books & Book Chapters

    Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

    Read More
  • Books & Book Chapters

    Trade unions and the challenge of the informalisation of work

    Abstract:

    Read More