Africa

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

Crossing the Divide: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour

this book shows how innovative organisational strategies are emerging in the Global South to bridge the widening divide between the formal...

A Review of Street Trade in Africa

University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies. A review commissioned by Women in Informal Employment Globalising and Organising...

The possibilities for collective organization of informal port workers in Tema, Ghana

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Street Trade in Africa: A Review

Despite the advances in modern retailing, millions of people throughout the world still make their living partly or wholly through selling...

The effect of recall on estimation of incidence rates for injury in Ghana

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and estimate injury as one of the leading causes of adult mortality in most developing countries....

Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para os Fornecedores Nativos em Acra, Gana

em português

Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations

The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Barriers to Access for Informal Workers

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is an innovative attempt to extend social protection to informal workers, and, as such, it...

Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning?Berkeley Planning Journal

One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes...