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

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  • City/Country Level Reports

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

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    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...

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  • Research Reports

    “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.

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    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.

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  • Research Reports

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    Unpublished paper written for Graduate Institute, Annual Lecture, Geneva, 23 September 2010

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  • Journal Articles

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

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Informal Employment in Kenya

    This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya.

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  • Research Reports

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

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  • Research Reports

    Engendering Social Protection

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

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