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Briefs
Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana
About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because...
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Research Reports
Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
This report is part of the The Africa Development Forum Series. “The Africa Development Forum Series was created in 2009 to focus on...
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Journal Articles
Community-level adaptation to minimize vulnerability and exploit opportunities in Kampala’s wetlandsEnvironment and Urbanization
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.
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Research Reports
Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings from Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa
Background Paper for the World Bank’s 2005 World Development Report
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Research Reports
Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa
Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19
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Research Reports
Understanding self-employment at the margins of the South African economy: Findings from a pilot study on qualitative approaches to self-employment
Report for the National Income Dynamics Study Steering Committee, Draft
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Organizing Briefs
Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.
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City/Country Level Reports
Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas
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Books & Book Chapters
Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy
An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...
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Research Reports
“I carry people and goods across the border for a living”
Informal cross-border couriers (bomalayisha) have transported people and goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa for several decades.
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