Africa

‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development ReportJournal of International Development

Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...

Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa

South Africa’s cities have experienced dramatic changes over the past decade. Cities are now home to a multiracial population, and have been...

Informal Labour in the Construction Industry in Kenya: A Case Study of Nairobi

Education and earnings in urban West Africa

Time for a New Deal: Social Dialogue and the Informal Economy in Zambia

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

Introductory Paper for the Africa Regional Workshop on Informal Workers/Producers in Food and Forest Global Commodity Chains

Santé et sécurité au travail pour les commerçants et les vendeurs de rue d’Accra et de Takoradi (Ghana)

The Improvisers

A report about the number of Kenyan youth joining the informal economy because of the high unemployment rate in the country.   A related...

Informal Employment in Namibia 2008

From the introduction: This paper reports on analysis of data from Namibia’s 2008 Labour Force Survey (LFS) so as to describe and compare...