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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

    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. 

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizando Os Catadores de Recicláveis Em Tshwane, África do Sul: Lições das Experiências “Top Down e Bottom Up” (De cima para Baixo e da Base para Cima)

    Resumo do relatório organização WIEGO 5 (português)

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    StreetNet Newsletter Issue 26

    Contents include: StreetNet Welcomes SEWA during their Field Visit to South Africa

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Domestic Workers: How the law can help you – Poster, South Africa

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    SAFM Radio Interview with Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and South African Wastepicker Representatives

    Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and waste picker represenatives from Johannesburg, South Africa are interviewed on local radio to share their concerns...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Conditions for Street Trading

    This document contains the conditions that informal traders mut comply with when trading in Ekurhuleni.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000

    This Act (among other things)provides for the core principles, mechanisms and processes that are necessary to enable municipalities to move...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Sol Plaatje Municipality Draft Infromal Trading Policy and Management Framework

    This document forms the basis for the By-Law that will regulate Informal Trading in the Sol Plaatje municipal area.

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Occupational Health and Safety & Domestic Work

    This report contains findings from a four-year research project on occupational health and safety (OHS) and informal workers. The report...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter May 15 2013

    Electronic newsletter from LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa)

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