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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

    Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania

    Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children...

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  • Journal Articles

    A new informal economy in Africa: The case of Ghana

    Abstract: This paper reveals a new informal economy in Ghana, Africa – the ‘in formal informal economy’ – where the actors are highly educated...

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  • Research Reports

    Organizing Informal Women Workers

    Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

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  • Journal Articles

    Challenging city imaginaries: Street traders’ struggles in Warwick Junction

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  • Journal Articles

    The Manchester Road: Women and the Informalization of Work in South Africa’s Footwear Industry

    Abstract: The article discusses the informalization of work in the footwear industry of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and its impact on...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 5 – Tackling Urban Management Issues: A Cooperative Effort

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  • Journal Articles

    Privatizing Collective Public Goods – Re-fracturing the Public and Re-Segmenting Labour Markets. A Case Study of Street Cleaning in Johannesburg, South Africa

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

    Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...

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  • Journal Articles

    Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

    Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

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