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Toolkits and Guides
Weekly LEDNA Newsletter June 6 2014
As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...
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Toolkits and Guides
Bulletin LEDNA janvier 2015
Ce est le premier bulletin de 2015 pour le Réseau pour le Developpement Economique Local en Afrique. Éditions supplémentaires du bulletin...
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Legal Instruments
TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Campaign by Street Vendors & Domestic Workers Undertaken on 17 October 2014 in Accra
This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact t
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Legal Instruments
Employment Relations Act, 2008
This Act seeks to amend and consolidate the law relating to trade unions, fundamental rights of workers and employers, collective bargaining,...
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Legal Instruments
The Markets and Bus Station Act No. 7 of 2007
This Act provides for the establishment and regulation of activities within markets and bus stations in Zambia.
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Audiovisual Materials
Recognizing Waste Pickers
In many developing countries, high recycling rates (50-80%) can be credited to the informal sector. Johnston Doe explains how waste pickers...
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Stories/Case Studies
Street Trading in South Africa – Organizing Workers
Through their experiences of organizing in the markets of Durban, leaders of the growing movement of street vendors have gained greater confidence...
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Toolkits and Guides
African Centre for Cities
The African Centre for Cities (ACC) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching programme focused on quality scholarship regarding the...
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Stories/Case Studies
Johannesburg Street Traders Halt Operation Clean Sweep
In October 2013, law enforcement officers of the City of Johannesburg forcibly evicted over 6,000 street traders from a 24-block area in...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant
Francie Lund from WIEGO presented “The Southern African model: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant”...
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