Africa

Welfare, Development and Growth: Lessons from South Africa

Hierarchies of care work in South Africa: nurses, social workers and home-based care workers

This article by Francie Lund, who led WIEGO’s Social Protection Programme from 2000-2016, is chapter 21 (page 465-79) of the volume. ...

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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Reclaiming Reusable and Recyclable Materials in Africa – A Critical Review of English Language Literature

This paper seeks to include Africa in the current international conversations about the situation of informal workers such as waste pickers....

Economic consequences of injury and resulting family coping strategies in Ghana

Health and Sanitation is an Economic Right as Well–Just Ask Ghanaian Food Sellers

WIEGO Researcher Laura Alfers investigates the chop bar owners of Accra. Whereas governments are quick to scapegoat them for diseases borne...

Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para Comerciantes e Vendedores Ambulantes em Acra e Takoradi, Gana

Urban Livelihoods and Food and Nutrition Security in Greater Accra, Ghana

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Research Report, No. 112

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya