Region: Africa

Major International Events and the Working Poor: Selected Lessons for Social Actors Stemming from the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa

This technical brief explores issues that arose before, during and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with the aim of informing...

Organising in the Taxi Industry: The South African Experience

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

Mediating from the margins: The role of intermediaries in facilitating participation in markets by poor producersSouth African Journal of Labour Relations

Abstract: This article argues that the preponderance of market intermediaries is driven by two imprimaturs. The first relates to the global...

South Africa: Transition Under Pressure

Hierarchies of care work in South Africa: nurses, social workers and home-based care workers

This article by Francie Lund, who led WIEGO’s Social Protection Programme from 2000-2016, is chapter 21 (page 465-79) of the volume. ...

The empowerment trap: gender, poverty and the informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa

Disabling governance: Privatisation of city markets and implications for vendors‟ associations in Kampala, Uganda

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Hidden health costs of pesticide use in Zimbabwe’s smallholder cotton growers

Engendering Social Protection

Conference Summary Report from an International Conference on Social Protection and Gender, held with social protection officials and civil...