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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

    City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

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  • Journal Articles

    Mediating from the margins: The role of intermediaries in facilitating participation in markets by poor producersSouth African Journal of Labour Relations

    Abstract: This article argues that the preponderance of market intermediaries is driven by two imprimaturs. The first relates to the global...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    South Africa: Transition Under Pressure

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  • Journal Articles

    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. ...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The empowerment trap: gender, poverty and the informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Journal Articles

    Disabling governance: Privatisation of city markets and implications for vendors‟ associations in Kampala, Uganda

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  • Journal Articles

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

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  • Research Reports

    Engendering Social Protection

    Conference Summary Report from an International Conference on Social Protection and Gender, held with social protection officials and civil...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    A Report on Street Vending in Ghana

    Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana

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  • Journal Articles

    Disempowerment from Below: Informal Enterprise Networks and the Limits of Political Voice in NigeriaOxford Development Studies

    Abstract: Decentralized governance has enjoyed limited success in promoting popular livelihoods and political voice among informal actors....

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