Africa

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

The Work and Lives of Street Waste Pickers in Pretoria—A Case Study of Recycling in South Africa’s Urban Informal EconomyUrban Forum

Abstract: High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception...

Organising Informal Transport Workers: A Case Study of Zambia

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...

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

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...

Ghana: Breaking Down the Barriers of Scepticism

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,...

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...

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