Africa

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: Vendedores Ambulantes em Acra, Gana

When men do women’s work: structural adjustment, unemployment and changing gender relations in the informal economy of Accra, GhanaThe Journal of Modern African Studies

Abstract: Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of...

Beyond urban vulnerability: interrogating the social sustainability of a livelihood in the informal economy of Nigerian cities.

Aba is a politically volatile, economically vibrant but environmentally poor city that is a microcosm of social conditions in the Nigerian...

From protection to repression: the politics of street vending

Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s...

Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings from Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa

Background Paper for the World Bank’s 2005 World Development Report

Women Street Traders in Urban South Africa: A Synthesis of Selected Research Findings

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 15

Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain

Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216

Major International Events and the Working Poor: Selected Lessons for Social Actors Stemming from the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa

This technical brief explores issues that arose before, during and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with the aim of informing...