Africa

The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, Nigeria

Abstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth...

Capitalism and the Common Man: Peasants and Petty Production in Africa and South AsiaAgrarian South: Journal of Political Economy

Abstract: In 1976, the political sociologist of Africa, Gavin Williams, controversially ‘took the part of peasants’ in an essay, the critique...

Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets

Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19

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

Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216

Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

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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...