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

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  • Research Reports

    Role of the Informal Sector in Coping with Economic Crisis in Thailand and Zambia

    Abstract: This working paper takes a close look at how people in two countries – viz. Thailand and Zambia – and in particular those working...

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  • Working Papers

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    In the Shadow of the States: The Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in NigeriaJournal of Current Chinese Affairs

    The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. ...

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  • Journal Articles

    From protection to repression: the politics of street vending

    Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management

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  • Research Reports

    The growth and organisation of a precariat: Working in the clothing industry in Johannesburg’s Inner city

    7th GLU Conference, „The Politics of Labour and Development‟ 28-30 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 2 – Turning Warwick Around

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  • Books & Book Chapters
  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

    This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary, Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

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