Africa

Definitions, Data and the Informal Economy in South Africa: A Critical Analysis

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Informalisation and the Reconfiguration of Labour Relations in the Durban Clothing Industry

Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

Business Start-ups and Their Prospects of Success in South African TownshipsSouth African Review of Sociology

Abstract: PeThere is consensus within South African society that black entrepreneurship needs to become a more widespread phenomenon. To...

Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre o cuidado das crianças e trabalhadoras informais de 6 organizações de base (OBs) de trabalhadoras/es pobres

Esta publicação é um resumo de “Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem”: Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre...

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

Elements of an Employment Framework for Poverty Reduction in Ghana

A report of a joint ILO/UNDP mission

Unionizing informal workers in Ghana

Abstract: This article very briefly introduces the Ghanaian informal economy and some of the organisations that operate within it, making...

Mapping the Invisible and Real ‘African’ Economy: Urban E-waste CircuitryUrban Geography

Occupational Exposure and Health Problems in Small Scale Industry Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a Situation AnalysisOccupational Medicine

Background: Workers in informal small-scale industries (SSI) in developing countries involved in welding, spray painting, woodwork and metalwork...