Africa

Actor networks and innovation activities among rural enterprises in a South African locality

Abstract: Rural localities are often viewed as too remote, sparsely populated and poor in critical resources needed for them to be innovation...

Sustainable Urban Livelihoods and Marketplace Social Capital: Crisis and Strategy in Petty Trade

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Education and earnings in urban West Africa

Informality in Africa: A Review

This paper examines the realities of informal employment in sub-Saharan Africa, where a significant proportion of employment activity and...

Hidden health costs of pesticide use in Zimbabwe’s smallholder cotton growers

The Informal Self-employed in Africa

Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

“We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban Forum

Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing...

A cross-sectional survey to assess household sanitation practices associated with uptake of “Clean Team” serviced home toilets in Kumasi, Ghana

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