Africa

Business Start-ups and Their Prospects of Success in South African TownshipsSouth African Review of Sociology

Abstract: PeThere is consensus within South African society that black entrepreneurship needs to become a more widespread phenomenon. To...

Nos enfants ne reçoivent pas l’attention qu’ils méritent

Cette publication présente les résultats d’une étude de recherche dans cinq villes examinant l’accès des travailleuses de l´informel...

Amplifying voice, visibility and validity. Waste pickers in Jo’burg citySouth African Labour Bulletin

The November/December 2017 edition of the South African Labour Bulletin features the article, “Amplifying voice, visibility and validity....

Capitalism and the Common Man – Four Decades of Development in Africa and S Asia

Unpublished paper written for Graduate Institute, Annual Lecture, Geneva, 23 September 2010

Disabling governance: Privatisation of city markets and implications for vendors‟ associations in Kampala, Uganda

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Statistics on Informal Employment in Kenya

This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya.

Promoting Women Workers’ Rights in African Horticulture: Overview of research into conditions on horticulture farms in Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda

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Occupational Health & Safety for Indigenous Caterers in Accra, Ghana

Informal-Sector Entrepreneurship Development and Law in Sub-Saharan Africa

Summarizes needs for reform of business law governing the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Impact of Structural Adjustment on the Urban Informal Sector in Zimbabwe