Region: Africa

Extending health and safety protection to informal workers: an analysis of small scale mining in KwaZulu-Natal

School of Development Studies Research Report 76

Methodological innovations in research on the dynamics of poverty: a longitudinal study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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. ...

Employment, Incomes and Equality: A Strategy for Increasing Productive Employment in Kenya

A report of an inter- agency team financed by the United Nations Development Programme and organised by the International Labour Office to...

The possibilities for collective organization of informal port workers in Tema, Ghana

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Street Trade in Africa: A Review

Despite the advances in modern retailing, millions of people throughout the world still make their living partly or wholly through selling...

Mapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique

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