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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 1 – A Walk Through Warwick

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  • Research Reports

    Stitching for Survival: Home-Based Clothing Operations in the Informal Economy

    The Experience of Two Women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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  • Budget Briefs

    Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa

    In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion...

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  • Working Papers

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

    WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

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  • Research Reports

    A summary of research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations

    This publication is a summary of “Our children do not get the attention they deserve”: A synthesis of research finding on women informal...

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  • Research Reports

    The nature of the South African informal sector as reflected in the quarterly labour-force survey, 2008-2014

    Abstract of this REDI working paper: This paper presents an analysis of the nature of, and recent trends in, the South African informal sector...

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  • Research Reports

    Informal employment, social protection and social capital: Dimensions of resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Journal Articles

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

    Abstract:

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  • Journal Articles

    Promoting the Informal Sector as a Source of Gainful Employment in Developing Countries: Insights from GhanaThe International Journal of Human Resource Management

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  • Journal Articles

    Injury Morbidity in an Urban and a Rural Area in Tanzania: an Epidemiological Survey

    Background: Injuries are becoming a major health problem in developing countries. Few population based studies have been carried out in African...

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