Africa

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

Economic Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone

Evidence from a recent assessment by Mercy Corps of economic recovery assessment in Sierra Leone showed that youth and petty traders were...

Informal Institutions and Personal Rule in Urban GhanaAfrican Studies Review

Abstract: Contrary to expectations of modern democratic development, the establishment of liberal-democratic institutions in Ghana has not...

Efficient lighting uptake among the urban poor: evidence from a Kenyan informal settlementEnvironment and Urbanization

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

Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets

Informal Economy Employment Data In South Africa: A Critical Analysis

Addressing inequality and economic marginalisation

Cape Town: Institute for African Alternatives

Extending health and safety protection to informal workers: an analysis of small scale mining in KwaZulu-Natal

School of Development Studies Research Report 76

Securing Livelihoods: A Gendered Analysis of Support Interventions available to Street Traders in the Durban Metropolitan Area

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...