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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

    Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa

    SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy...

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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedoras e vendedores ambulantes em Durban, na África do Sul

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Poverty, Legal Empowerment and Informal Business in South Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Welfare, Development and Growth: Lessons from South Africa

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  • Journal Articles

    The dynamics of local innovations among formal and informal enterprises: Stories from rural South Africa

    Abstract: Exploiting the developmental potential of innovation for marginalised communities requires a context-specific understanding of...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

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

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  • Journal Articles

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

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  • Journal Articles

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

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  • Research Reports

    Engendering Social Protection

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

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    A Report on Street Vending in Ghana

    Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana

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