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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

    Unionizing informal workers in Ghana

    Abstract: This article very briefly introduces the Ghanaian informal economy and some of the organisations that operate within it, making...

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  • Journal Articles

    Promoting the Informal Sector as a Source of Gainful Employment in Developing Countries: Insights from GhanaThe International Journal of Human Resource Management

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  • Journal Articles

    Injury Morbidity in an Urban and a Rural Area in Tanzania: an Epidemiological Survey

    Background: Injuries are becoming a major health problem in developing countries. Few population based studies have been carried out in African...

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  • Research Reports

    Ghana: Breaking Down the Barriers of Scepticism

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  • Policy Briefs

    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,...

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  • Journal Articles

    Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change

    Abstract: Neo-liberal theories of informality have emphasized the potential of the informal sector for independent employment creation and...

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  • Research Reports

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

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  • Briefs

    Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana

    About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because...

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Sector Versus Informal Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya

    Abstract: From official records, it would appear that the labour market significantly shifted from the formal to the informal sector in Kenya....

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  • Journal Articles

    Youth poverty, employment and livelihoods: social and economic implications of living with insecurity in Arusha, Tanzania

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

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