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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Mapping of Waste Pickers and Organizations Supporting Waste Pickers in Kenya

    Report commissioned by WIEGO

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  • Journal Articles

    Education and earnings in urban West Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informal workers in Kenya and transnational organizing: Networking and leveraging resources

    Abstract:

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  • Journal Articles

    Chemicals Management and Occupational Health in Tanzania. Challenges and Strategies for Improvement

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Occupational Health & Safety for Market and Street Traders in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana

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  • Journal Articles

    The Informal Sector, Productivity, and Enforcement in West Africa: A Firm-level AnalysisReview of Development Economics

    This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

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  • Research Reports

    Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Waste Pickers: Realities & Recommendations

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal Institutions and Personal Rule in Urban GhanaAfrican Studies Review

    Abstract: Contrary to expectations of modern democratic development, the establishment of liberal-democratic institutions in Ghana has not...

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  • Journal Articles

    Efficient lighting uptake among the urban poor: evidence from a Kenyan informal settlementEnvironment and Urbanization

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

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  • Research Reports

    Informalising the Formal: Clothing Manufacturing in Durban, South Africa

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