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

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  • Journal Articles

    The e-waste conundrum: Balancing evidence from the North and on-the-ground developing countries’ realities for improved managementAfrican Review of Economics and Finance

    Abstract from African Review of Economics and Finance: E-waste is currently the fastest-growing waste stream, posing major global management...

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  • Research Reports

    WIEGO Resource Document – Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia

    This paper aims to assess whether the government budget in Liberia address the needs of informal workers, in particular street vendors, market...

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  • Resource Documents

    Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

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  • Research Reports

    People Working Informally: Negotiating the Use of Public Spaces in Durban City

    Paper for panel entitled “Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South...

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  • Research Reports

    Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain

    Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216

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  • Journal Articles

    Poor health kills small businesses: Illness and microenterprise in South Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

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

    Chapter can be accessed through Google Scholar or download the book, The Development Decade? in its entirety.

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  • Books & Book Chapters

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

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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