Africa

“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...

Assessing the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in the Context of Instability and Informal Economies

Santé et sécurité au travail pour les commerçants et les vendeurs de rue d’Accra et de Takoradi (Ghana)

Social Capital or Analytical Liability: Social Networks and African Informal EconomiesGlobal Networks

Abstract The rise of the ‘social capitalist’ paradigm has turned social networks into a concept that conceals more than it reveals. In this...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

Economic Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone

Evidence from a recent assessment by Mercy Corps of economic recovery assessment in Sierra Leone showed that youth and petty traders were...

Informal Institutions and Personal Rule in Urban GhanaAfrican Studies Review

Abstract: Contrary to expectations of modern democratic development, the establishment of liberal-democratic institutions in Ghana has not...

Efficient lighting uptake among the urban poor: evidence from a Kenyan informal settlementEnvironment and Urbanization

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

Organizing in South Africa’s Informal Economy: An Overview of Four Sectoral Case Studies

In Focus Programme, Series on Representation and Organization Building. Working Paper, No. 60