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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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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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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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