All posts in Africa
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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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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedoras e vendedores ambulantes em Nakuru, Quênia
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Journal Articles
Bringing Formal Business Laws to Cameroon’s Informal Sector: Lessons and Cautions from the Tax Law ExampleWashington University Global Studies Law Review
Abstract: A substantial majority of non-agricultural workers in a developing country such as Cameroon engage in legal businesses below the...
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Journal Articles
Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning?Berkeley Planning Journal
One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes...
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Journal Articles
The confounding influence of urban informality on innovation and production specialisation in production clusters: evidence from Nairobi
Abstract: This paper investigates two agglomeration economies, innovation and production specialisation, within Nairobi’s handicraft...
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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
The Investment Climate for the Informal Economy: A Case of Durban, South Africa
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Books & Book Chapters
Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management
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Research Reports
Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of Street Trading in South Africa
IFP/SEED Working Paper No. 36. Geneva, ILO, 2002.
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Books & Book Chapters
Chapter 2 – Turning Warwick Around
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