Africa

The effect of recall on estimation of incidence rates for injury in Ghana

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and estimate injury as one of the leading causes of adult mortality in most developing countries....

“God First, Second the Market”: A Case Study of the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund of Liberia

This Case Study presents some of the first steps being taken in Liberia, to find solutions to the problems women traders face which normally...

Managing Informality: Local Government Practices and Approaches Towards the Informal Economy in Africa

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A Report on Street Vending in Ghana

Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

Report on the Liberia Labour Force Survey 2010

From the ILO website: In 2010, the ILO supported Liberia in conducting a national Labour Force Survey. The survey report has recently been...

Eking out a living: the livelihood implications of urban space regulation on street hawking in Accra, Ghana

Abstract: Street hawking as a source of livelihood across the developing world has often raised a lot of concerns regarding hygiene, slum,...

Better OHS for Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This is a summary of a case study by Tony Dzidzinyo Dogbe and Suki Annan.

Voice Regulation in the Informal Economy and New Forms of Work

Abstract:This paper draws comparisons between the situation of Black workers in Apartheid South Africa and workers in the contemporary South...

South Africa’s Informal Economy: Reflections From a Second Exposure Dialogue in Durban

School of Development Studies Research Report No 90