All posts in Africa
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Statistical Briefs
Statistics on Informal Employment in Kenya
This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya.
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Project Reports
Introductory Paper for the Africa Regional Workshop on Informal Workers/Producers in Food and Forest Global Commodity Chains
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Research Reports
Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para os Fornecedores Nativos em Acra, Gana
em português
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Research Reports
The Informal Sector in Ghana
Overview of the informal sector in Ghana, with a focus on domestic workers, street vendors, and head porters
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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedoras e vendedores ambulantes em Nakuru, Quênia
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Journal Articles
Bringing Formal Business Laws to Cameroon’s Informal Sector: Lessons and Cautions from the Tax Law ExampleWashington University Global Studies Law Review
Abstract: A substantial majority of non-agricultural workers in a developing country such as Cameroon engage in legal businesses below the...
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Journal Articles
Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning?Berkeley Planning Journal
One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes...
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Journal Articles
The confounding influence of urban informality on innovation and production specialisation in production clusters: evidence from Nairobi
Abstract: This paper investigates two agglomeration economies, innovation and production specialisation, within Nairobi’s handicraft...
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Research Reports
Informalising the Formal: Clothing Manufacturing in Durban, South Africa
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Research Reports
Organizing in South Africa’s Informal Economy: An Overview of Four Sectoral Case Studies
In Focus Programme, Series on Representation and Organization Building. Working Paper, No. 60
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