Africa

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

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What’s Informal About the Informal Sector? Culture and the Construction of Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Decent Work Country Profile Tanzania (Mainland)

Santé et sécurité au travail pour les traiteurs indigènes d’Accra (Ghana)

en francais

Social Capital, Social Liabilities, and Political Capital: Social Networks and Informal Manufacturing in NigeriaAfrican Affairs

Abstract: This article addresses the question of why social networks have failed to promote economic development in Africa when they have...

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

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana

About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because...

Informal Sector Versus Informal Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya

Abstract: From official records, it would appear that the labour market significantly shifted from the formal to the informal sector in Kenya....

Youth poverty, employment and livelihoods: social and economic implications of living with insecurity in Arusha, Tanzania

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

Informalising the Formal: Clothing Manufacturing in Durban, South Africa