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

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  • Working Papers

    South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile

    This paper presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, and attempts to identify the economic...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions

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  • Journal Articles

    Developmental Local Government in Post-Apartheid South Africa? A Feminist Rethinking of the State and Development in the Context of Neo-liberalism

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

    This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary, Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

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  • Journal Articles

    Extending Occupational Health and Safety to Urban Street Vendors: Reflections From a Project in Durban, South Africa

    Abstract: This article focuses on an action-research project which is attempting to extend occupational health and safety to a group of street...

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Research Reports

    Enhancing Lobbying Capacity of Women Street Vendors: The Challenges in the Kenyan Policy Environment

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  • Working Papers

    Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

    This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...

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