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

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  • Research Reports

    Salud y seguridad ocupacional para comerciantes feriantes y ambulantes en Acra y Takoradi, Ghana

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  • Journal Articles

    Changes in Official Attitudes Towards Urban Agriculture in AccraAfrican Studies Quarterly

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Social regionalism in the Southern Africa Development Community: The international, regional and national interplay of labour alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

    Abstract: The Southern African Development Community region (SADC) has seen a trend toward applying Alternative Dispute Settlement (ADR)...

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  • Journal Articles

    “We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban Forum

    Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing...

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  • Journal Articles

    A cross-sectional survey to assess household sanitation practices associated with uptake of “Clean Team” serviced home toilets in Kumasi, Ghana

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

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  • Research Reports

    Paid Care Providers in South Africa: Nurses, Domestic Workers, and Home-Based Care Workers

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The State of the Informal Economy

    Available as a download from HSRC Press website

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  • Working Papers

    South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile

    This paper presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, and attempts to identify the economic...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions

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