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Region: Africa

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

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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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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter May 30 2013

    Electronic newsletter from LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa) Topics include: Urbanization and poverty reduction: The role...

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    African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Small-scale Enterprises and Informal Sector

    Volume 22, Number 2 This series of newsletters was published by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.

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    Meet the Divine Cocoa Farmers

    From the website: Behind the widely-recognised Fairtrade logo, is the human reality of what Fairtrade is doing. People buy Fairtrade food...

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    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter June 20 2014

    This issue includes information about a LEDNA research paper by Stephen Kofi Diko, “Right to the City: Promoting Local Economic Development...

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  • Presentations

    Regional Update for Africa & Middle East Global Conference HBW 2015

    Presentation from the 2005 Global Conference on Home-Based Workers (HBW) organized by WIEGO and HomeNet South Asia (HNSA).

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ghana Domestic Workers Campaign Poster

    Ghana TUC’s campaign poster for domestic workers.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Employment and Labour Relations Act, 2004

    This Act makes provisions for core labour rights, to establish basic employment standards, to provide a framework for collective bargaining...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1987

    This document outlines the rights of working people for complensation for persoanl injury and possible loss of life from their employers. ...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    S’organiser en Afrique du Sud: les options pour les collecteurs de déchets

    Sommaire de rapport 3 de regroupement de WIEGO

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