Africa

Women and Employment in Africa: A Framework For Action

Background Document commissioned by the Danish Foreign Ministry for the Second Conference of the Africa Commission in November 2008

The tangled web of associational life: Urban governance and the politics of popular livelihoods in Nigeria

Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action

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Assessment of the Health Impact of Occupational Risk in Africa: Current Situation and Methodological IssuesEpidemiology

This paper presents information from the current monitoring systems in Africa, mainly Southern Africa, for occupationalillness and injury...

African Women in Food Processing: A Major, But Still Underestimated Sector of Their Contribution to the National Economy

Paper prepared for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

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...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedoras e vendedores ambulantes em Nakuru, Quênia

Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This paper investigates ways in which linkages between the informal and formal segments of an economy yield benefits to, or impose costs...

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. 

Informality and Urban Planning in Africa

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.