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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

    Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para os Fornecedores Nativos em Acra, Gana

    em português

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  • Journal Articles

    Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing

    From the abstract:

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  • Journal Articles

    Why Evictions Do Not Deter Street Traders: Case Study in Accra, GhanaGhana Social Science Journal

    Abstract: Like many major cities in developing countries, Accra faces increasing congestion of vehicles, pedestrians and traders around its...

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  • Journal Articles

    Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania

    Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children...

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  • Journal Articles

    A new informal economy in Africa: The case of Ghana

    Abstract: This paper reveals a new informal economy in Ghana, Africa – the ‘in formal informal economy’ – where the actors are highly educated...

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  • Research Reports

    Livelihoods (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets: Reflections from Recent Studies in KwaZulu-Natal

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Trade unions and the challenge of the informalisation of work

    Abstract:

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 3 – Different Sectors, Different Challenges

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  • Journal Articles

    Developmental Local Government in Post-Apartheid South Africa? A Feminist Rethinking of the State and Development in the Context of Neo-liberalism

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