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

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    Informal business and poverty in South Africa: Rethinking the paradigmLaw, Democracy and Development

    Analysing policy discourse concerning the informal economy in South Africa, the article explicates in detail the paucity of (even ostensibly...

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    ‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development ReportJournal of International Development

    Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...

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    Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa

    South Africa’s cities have experienced dramatic changes over the past decade. Cities are now home to a multiracial population, and have been...

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    Linking Safety Nets, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction: Directions for Africa

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    The tangled web of associational life: Urban governance and the politics of popular livelihoods in Nigeria

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    Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action

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    “You just look at our work and see if you have any freedom on earth”: Ghanaian women’s accounts of their work and their health

    Abstract: Research on women’s health in the developing world has focussed on reproductive issues and has defined women primarily as...

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    Assessing the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in the Context of Instability and Informal Economies

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    Santé et sécurité au travail pour les commerçants et les vendeurs de rue d’Accra et de Takoradi (Ghana)

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    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...

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