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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Collective action in the informal economy : the case of the self-employed women’s union

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  • Research Reports

    An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa.” International Poverty Centre Country Study

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  • Journal Articles

    Waste management policy: implications for landfill waste salvagers in the Western CapeInternational Journal of Environment and Waste Management

    Abstract: The City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Department’s (CCTSWMD) design of a more formal, integrated and sustainable waste...

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  • Research Reports

    Poverty Trends in South Africa

    From the report’s preface: “This report presents poverty and inequality trends based on data collected by Stats SA through the...

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  • Research Reports

    Nossos filhosnão recebem a atenção que merecem

    Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...

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  • Resource Documents

    Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

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  • Journal Articles

    The tangled web of associational life: Urban governance and the politics of popular livelihoods in Nigeria

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The politics of vulnerability: Exit, voice and capture in three Nigerian informal manufacturing clusters

    Abstract:This book chapter examines whether informal economic associations provide an effective mechanism for political voice. Moreover,...

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  • Journal Articles

    “You just look at our work and see if you have any freedom on earth”: Ghanaian women’s accounts of their work and their health

    Abstract: Research on women’s health in the developing world has focussed on reproductive issues and has defined women primarily as...

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  • Research Reports

    Technical Memorandum: United Republic of Tanzania labour administration and inspection audit

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