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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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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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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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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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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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