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Region: Africa

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

All posts in Africa

  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA newsletter March 14 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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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Desarrollando Habilidades Comerciales y de Liderazgo para las Trabajadoras Informales del Comercio Justo

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Financial Diaries of Smallholder Families

    This video is available on the CGAP website.From the CGAP website:

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  • Presentations

    Space, place and belonging: informal trading in and around Congolenses market, Luanda, Angola – presentation

    This is a student presentation of a masters dissertation. The dissertation explores the interplay between government, informal street traders...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Township Act Subsidiary Legislation

    This document is a subsidiary regulation of the Township Act and it outlines the the regulations, rules, by-laws and codes on the establishment...

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  • Legal Instruments

    COMESA Simplified Trade Regime

    */ The Simplified Trade Agreement (STR) is aimed at simplifying the trade process of clearing goods by informal-cross-border traders. The...

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  • Presentations

    The Art of Survival

    Presentation from the Cape Town conference on research on the informal economy

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    DITSELA Online Workers’ Education Institute

    The website describes DITSELA as follows: “Ditsela is a joint project of the two largest Labour Federations in South Africa, COSATU...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Salvando o “Mercado Mãe”: mobilizando vendedores ambulantes em Durban

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    AeT – Traders Present Infrastructure Needs to City Officials: A Milestone in Constructive Engagement

    This blog post was written by Tasmi Quazi of AeT. “On 19 October 2016, trader leaders from three informal market districts that have...

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