Region: Africa

Elements of an Employment Framework for Poverty Reduction in Ghana

A report of a joint ILO/UNDP mission

Organizing informal workers in the urban economy: The case of the construction industry in Dar es Salaam

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The Informal Sector in Ghana Under Siege

Organizando a Indústria da Paciência: Perfil de uma Trabalhadora Doméstica em Maputo, Moçambique

Social Capital or Analytical Liability: Social Networks and African Informal EconomiesGlobal Networks

Abstract The rise of the ‘social capitalist’ paradigm has turned social networks into a concept that conceals more than it reveals. In this...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedoras e vendedores ambulantes em Nakuru, Quênia

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

This paper investigates ways in which linkages between the informal and formal segments of an economy yield benefits to, or impose costs...

Youth poverty, employment and livelihoods: social and economic implications of living with insecurity in Arusha, Tanzania

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

Deciphering African Informal Economies

Note prepared for the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.

Organising Workers in the Informal Economy: The Experience of the Self Employed Women’s Union, 1994-2004

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