Africa

Linking Safety Nets, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction: Directions for Africa

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

Disabling governance: Privatisation of city markets and implications for vendors‟ associations in Kampala, Uganda

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“You just look at our work and see if you have any freedom on earth”: Ghanaian women’s accounts of their work and their health

Abstract: Research on women’s health in the developing world has focussed on reproductive issues and has defined women primarily as...

‘Legal Empowerment of the Poor’ Versus ‘Right to the City’: Implications for Access to Housing in Urban Africa

The challenge of urban deprivation and exclusion in the urban South has given rise to varied and shifting policies and ideas. Two sets of...

The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Assessing Access by Informal Workers

In 2003 the Ghanaian government introduced, a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – an, innovative and large scale attempt to extend,...

A Report on Kayayei in Ghana

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Waste Pickers: Realities & Recommendations

Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6

Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa

Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays...