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Research Reports
Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers
Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...
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Journal Articles
Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income
Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...
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Journal Articles
The Work and Lives of Street Waste Pickers in Pretoria—A Case Study of Recycling in South Africa’s Urban Informal EconomyUrban Forum
Abstract: High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception...
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City/Country Level Reports
Policies, Regulations and Organizational Capacity of Women Street Vendors in Kenya
IDS Discussion Paper Number 299
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Books & Book Chapters
Seen but not heard: Urban voice and citizenship for street traders
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Working Papers
Street Trade in Africa: A Review
Despite the advances in modern retailing, millions of people throughout the world still make their living partly or wholly through selling...
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Journal Articles
The effect of recall on estimation of incidence rates for injury in Ghana
The purpose of this study was to evaluate and estimate injury as one of the leading causes of adult mortality in most developing countries....
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Research Reports
“God First, Second the Market”: A Case Study of the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund of Liberia
This Case Study presents some of the first steps being taken in Liberia, to find solutions to the problems women traders face which normally...
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Research Reports
Managing Informality: Local Government Practices and Approaches Towards the Informal Economy in Africa
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Research Reports
A Report on Street Vending in Ghana
Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana
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