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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Research Reports

    WIEGO Childcare Initiative Summary Report (Zulu)

    This summary, in Zulu, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations.

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria

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  • Journal Articles

    The contested spatialities of transnational activism: gendered gatekeeping and gender struggles in an African association of informal workers

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  • Journal Articles

    A Re-Examination of the Urban Informal Sector in West Africa

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Mapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique

     This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.

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  • Research Reports

    Women Working in the Informal Sector in Africa: New Methods and New Data

    Paper prepared for the United Nations Statistics Division, the Gender and Development Programme of the United Nations Development Programme...

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  • Research Reports

    City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Social regionalism in the Southern Africa Development Community: The international, regional and national interplay of labour alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

    Abstract: The Southern African Development Community region (SADC) has seen a trend toward applying Alternative Dispute Settlement (ADR)...

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  • Journal Articles

    The e-waste conundrum: Balancing evidence from the North and on-the-ground developing countries’ realities for improved managementAfrican Review of Economics and Finance

    Abstract from African Review of Economics and Finance: E-waste is currently the fastest-growing waste stream, posing major global management...

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  • Budget Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Greater Monrovia

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