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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

    Poverty, Legal Empowerment and Informal Business in South Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    South Africa: Transition Under Pressure

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  • Research Reports

    Regulatory Innovation in The Governance of Decent Work for Domestic Workers in South Africa: Access to Justice and the Commission on Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration

    LLDRL Working Paper Series #7

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  • Research Reports

    Economic Report on Africa: Developing African Agriculture Through Regional Value Chains

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Street trading in Africa: Demographic trends, planning and trader organisation

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  • Working Papers

    Informality in Africa: A Review

    This paper examines the realities of informal employment in sub-Saharan Africa, where a significant proportion of employment activity and...

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  • Journal Articles

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

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  • Journal Articles

    Health and Sanitation is an Economic Right as Well–Just Ask Ghanaian Food Sellers

    WIEGO Researcher Laura Alfers investigates the chop bar owners of Accra. Whereas governments are quick to scapegoat them for diseases borne...

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  • Research Reports

    Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para os Fornecedores Nativos em Acra, Gana

    em português

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  • Research Reports

    The Informal Sector in Ghana

    Overview of the informal sector in Ghana, with a focus on domestic workers, street vendors, and head porters

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