Africa

Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...

“I carry people and goods across the border for a living”

Informal cross-border couriers (bomalayisha) have transported people and goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa for several decades.

Understanding South African social security through recent household surveys: New opportunities and continuing gapsDevelopment Southern Africa

The aim of this article is to identify some of the difficult areas in researching the South African social security system, and to offer...

Promoting Workplace Health and Safety in Urban Public Space: Reflections from Durban, South Africa

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

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Unpublished paper written for Graduate Institute, Annual Lecture, Geneva, 23 September 2010

The multiple sites of urban governance: Insights from an African city

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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.

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

Engendering Social Protection

Conference Summary Report from an International Conference on Social Protection and Gender, held with social protection officials and civil...