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

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  • Journal Articles

    Disempowerment from Below: Informal Enterprise Networks and the Limits of Political Voice in NigeriaOxford Development Studies

    Abstract: Decentralized governance has enjoyed limited success in promoting popular livelihoods and political voice among informal actors....

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  • Research Reports

    The National Labour Force And Child Activities Survey 2011/12

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  • Journal Articles

    The e-waste conundrum: Balancing evidence from the North and on-the-ground developing countries’ realities for improved managementAfrican Review of Economics and Finance

    Abstract from African Review of Economics and Finance: E-waste is currently the fastest-growing waste stream, posing major global management...

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  • Research Reports

    WIEGO Resource Document – Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia

    This paper aims to assess whether the government budget in Liberia address the needs of informal workers, in particular street vendors, market...

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  • Resource Documents

    Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

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  • Research Reports

    People Working Informally: Negotiating the Use of Public Spaces in Durban City

    Paper for panel entitled “Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South...

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  • Research Reports

    Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain

    Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216

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  • Journal Articles

    Poor health kills small businesses: Illness and microenterprise in South Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Definitions, Data and the Informal Economy in South Africa: A Critical Analysis

    Chapter can be accessed through Google Scholar or download the book, The Development Decade? in its entirety.

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    Informalisation and the Reconfiguration of Labour Relations in the Durban Clothing Industry

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