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

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  • Journal Articles

    Business Start-ups and Their Prospects of Success in South African TownshipsSouth African Review of Sociology

    Abstract: PeThere is consensus within South African society that black entrepreneurship needs to become a more widespread phenomenon. To...

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  • Research Reports

    Nos enfants ne reçoivent pas l’attention qu’ils méritent

    Cette publication présente les résultats d’une étude de recherche dans cinq villes examinant l’accès des travailleuses de l´informel...

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    Amplifying voice, visibility and validity. Waste pickers in Jo’burg citySouth African Labour Bulletin

    The November/December 2017 edition of the South African Labour Bulletin features the article, “Amplifying voice, visibility and validity....

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    Informal Economies and Urban Governance in Nigeria: Popular Empowerment or Political Exclusion?African Studies Review

    Abstract:

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    The contested spatialities of transnational activism: gendered gatekeeping and gender struggles in an African association of informal workers

    Abstract:

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    The Informal Sector in Ghana Under Siege

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    Contaminated Identities: Mercury and marginalisation in Ghana’s artisanal mining sectorGeoforum

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  • Research Reports

    Occupational Health & Safety for Market and Street Traders in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana

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  • Research Reports

    The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Working Paper on the Informal Economy, No. 10

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    Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing

    From the abstract:

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