Africa

Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

Structural Adjustment Programmes and the Urban Informal Sector in Ghana

Issues in Development, Discussion Paper, No. 3

Organising the Informal Economy: Results and Prospects. The Case of Ghana in Comparative Perspective

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Women leaders and the sense of power: clientelism and citizenship at the Dantokpa market in Cotonou, Benin

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“You just look at our work and see if you have any freedom on earth”: Ghanaian women’s accounts of their work and their health

Abstract: Research on women’s health in the developing world has focussed on reproductive issues and has defined women primarily as...

Technical Memorandum: United Republic of Tanzania labour administration and inspection audit

Paid Work, Women’s Empowerment and Inclusive Growth: Transforming the Structures of Constraint

This research paper examines the extent to which the structure of economic opportunities generated by a country’s growth strategies...

Women Working in the Informal Sector in Africa: New Methods and New Data

Paper prepared for the United Nations Statistics Division, the Gender and Development Programme of the United Nations Development Programme...

The Informal Sector, Productivity, and Enforcement in West Africa: A Firm-level AnalysisReview of Development Economics

This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Nakuru, Kenya

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...