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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

    Africa’s Informal Economies: Thirty Years onSAIS Review

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  • Research Reports

    City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Nakuru, Kenya

    In Nakuru, WIEGO partnered with Kenya National Association of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT) to carry out this study.

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  • Worker Story

    Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda

    With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more...

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  • Journal Articles

    ASR Forum: Engaging with African Informal Economies: Social Inclusion of Adverse Incorporation? INCORPORATION? (Introduction)African Studies Review

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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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  • Books & Book Chapters

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

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Employment Data In South Africa: A Critical Analysis

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  • Journal Articles

    Addressing inequality and economic marginalisation

    Cape Town: Institute for African Alternatives

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  • Research Reports

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

    School of Development Studies Research Report 76

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  • City/Country Level Reports

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

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