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

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ghana Labour Act, 2003

    Rights and privileges of employment, including social protection, in Ghana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter March 20 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

    WIEGO’s Law and Informality Work

    Document in English, French, and Spanish.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Limpando o local de trabalho: saúde e segurança do trabalho em Gana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Consuming Urban Poverty

    This is the project website of an ongoing research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Trade Act, 2008

    An Act to simplify trade licensing procedures; to empower a licensing committee in a council to issue trade licences within the council area;...

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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 STR...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Sibongile Makhanya: Trading in Traditional Medicines

    Before the Warwick Junction Project, which gave street vendors in Durban an infrastructure providing shelter and basic amenities, Sibongile...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Informal Workers in the Transportation Industry, Durban South Africa

    This study is a photo essay/profile of barrow operators and traders that work in Warwick Junction, an informal trading market in downtown...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Health Access for Informal Workers in Durban, South Africa: Xolisile’s Story

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