Africa

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

Crossing the Divide: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour

this book shows how innovative organisational strategies are emerging in the Global South to bridge the widening divide between the formal...

Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria

Unionizing informal workers in Ghana

Abstract: This article very briefly introduces the Ghanaian informal economy and some of the organisations that operate within it, making...

Promoting the Informal Sector as a Source of Gainful Employment in Developing Countries: Insights from GhanaThe International Journal of Human Resource Management

Injury Morbidity in an Urban and a Rural Area in Tanzania: an Epidemiological Survey

Background: Injuries are becoming a major health problem in developing countries. Few population based studies have been carried out in African...

African Women in Food Processing: A Major, But Still Underestimated Sector of Their Contribution to the National Economy

Paper prepared for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Informal-Sector Entrepreneurship Development and Law in Sub-Saharan Africa

Summarizes needs for reform of business law governing the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

Collective Bargaining and Employment Relations in Kenya

From the Introduction:This paper provides an account of the development of the employment relationship in Kenya, noting the role of public...