Region: Africa

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...

Executive Summary, Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

The Work and Lives of Street Waste Pickers in Pretoria—A Case Study of Recycling in South Africa’s Urban Informal EconomyUrban Forum

Abstract: High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception...

Mapping of Waste Pickers and Organizations Supporting Waste Pickers in Kenya

Report commissioned by WIEGO

Education and earnings in urban West Africa

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

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Occupational Injuries in Ghana

Rural and Microfinance Regulation in Ghana: Implications for Development of the Industry

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...