Region: Africa

The Informal Sector in Jinja, Uganda: Implications of Formalization and Regulation

“Glocal” Movements: Place Struggles and Transnational Organizing by Informal Workers

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Assessment of the Health Impact of Occupational Risk in Africa: Current Situation and Methodological IssuesEpidemiology

This paper presents information from the current monitoring systems in Africa, mainly Southern Africa, for occupationalillness and injury...

Occupational Health & Safety for Market and Street Traders in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana

Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

“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...

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.  

Organising Workers in the Informal Economy: The Experience of the Self Employed Women’s Union, 1994-2004

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Organizando nas Ruas: Um estudo dos Catadores de recicláveis nas ruas da Cidade do Cabo

Um resumo baseado no relatório de Koni Benson e Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, (ILRIG) – Grupo Internacional de Informação e Pesquisa de Trabalho