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

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  • Journal Articles

    The Informal Sector in Jinja, Uganda: Implications of Formalization and Regulation

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  • Journal Articles

    Informality and Collective Organising: identities, alliances and transnational activism in Africa

    Abstract:

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Informal Employment in Ghana

    This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Ghana.The statistics are based on...

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  • Project Reports

    Introductory Paper for the Africa Regional Workshop on Informal Workers/Producers in Food and Forest Global Commodity Chains

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  • Research Reports

    The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Working Paper on the Informal Economy, No. 10

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Accra Metropolis

    WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

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  • Journal Articles

    Street trade, neoliberalisation and the control of space: Nairobi’s Central Business District in the era of entrepreneurial urbanism.Journal of Eastern African Studies

    The article discusses this hypothesis by examining the evolution of spatial politics on the streets of Nairobi’s Central Business District...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    WIEGO Resource Document – Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia

    This paper aims to assess whether the government budget in Liberia address the needs of informal workers, in particular street vendors, market...

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  • Books & Book Chapters