Region: Africa

Statistics on Informal Employment in South Africa

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

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.

The reproductive and occupational health of women street vendors in Johannesburg, South AfricaSocial Science and Medicine

Waste management policy: implications for landfill waste salvagers in the Western CapeInternational Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Abstract: The City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Department’s (CCTSWMD) design of a more formal, integrated and sustainable waste...

Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...

WIEGO Childcare Initiative Summary Report (Thai)

This summary, in Thai, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations.

Informal Workers in Urban South Africa: A Statistical Snapshot

This brief offers details of the urban informal workers in South Africa’s metros, with a further focus on three cities.

The empowerment trap: gender, poverty and the informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa

Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action

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Long-term injury related disability in Ghana