Africa

Social Capital or Analytical Liability: Social Networks and African Informal EconomiesGlobal Networks

Abstract The rise of the ‘social capitalist’ paradigm has turned social networks into a concept that conceals more than it reveals. In this...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedoras e vendedores ambulantes em Nakuru, Quênia

Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This paper investigates ways in which linkages between the informal and formal segments of an economy yield benefits to, or impose costs...

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. 

Informality and Urban Planning in Africa

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)

Street Trading

Challenging city imaginaries: Street traders’ struggles in Warwick Junction

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Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town

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

Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas