Africa

Health and Sanitation is an Economic Right as Well–Just Ask Ghanaian Food Sellers

WIEGO Researcher Laura Alfers investigates the chop bar owners of Accra. Whereas governments are quick to scapegoat them for diseases borne...

Salud y seguridad ocupacional para comerciantes feriantes y ambulantes en Acra y Takoradi, Ghana

From Tree-minders to Global Players: Cocoa Farmers in Ghana

Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Accra’s Street & Market Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6

The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, Nigeria

Abstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth...

Capitalism and the Common Man: Peasants and Petty Production in Africa and South AsiaAgrarian South: Journal of Political Economy

Abstract: In 1976, the political sociologist of Africa, Gavin Williams, controversially ‘took the part of peasants’ in an essay, the critique...

The State of the Informal Economy

Available as a download from HSRC Press website

Organising in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Building Industry in South Africa

SEED Working Paper, No. 38