Region: Africa

Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

“We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban Forum

Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing...

A cross-sectional survey to assess household sanitation practices associated with uptake of “Clean Team” serviced home toilets in Kumasi, Ghana

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings from Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa

Background Paper for the World Bank’s 2005 World Development Report

Women Street Traders in Urban South Africa: A Synthesis of Selected Research Findings

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 15

Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain

Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216

Major International Events and the Working Poor: Selected Lessons for Social Actors Stemming from the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa

This technical brief explores issues that arose before, during and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with the aim of informing...

Organising in the Taxi Industry: The South African Experience

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa