Region: Africa

Leading the Fight for Legitimacy: Malawi Union for the Informal Sector – MUFIS

When the global economic downturn’s impact on the informal workers in Malawi went unreported and unrecognized, the Malawi Union for the Informal...

Waste Picking in Africa, Volume 1.1

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Weekly LEDNA Newsletter August 14 2013

As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

Report from 2011 Consultation with Domestic Workers in Ghana

Weekly LEDNA Newsletter 4 April 2014

As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

SETU Africa Newsletter, Volume 1 Issue 6

This issue includes:News from SETU Africa including– Exposure visit of SEWA team to Tanzania– Ethiopian delegates visit to SEWA...

TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Stakeholders’ Policy Dialogue with Magistrates Held on 12 December 2013 at Cleaver House, Accra

This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact the work of s

VIDEO: Kayayei March – Accra, December 2016

This is a video of an appreciation march by Kayayei’s on the promise that was made to them by the NPP (New Patriotic Party) to abolish...

Micro and Small Enterprises Act, 2006

An Act of Parliament to make provision for, the establishment of a council that will facilitate the development of Micro and Small Enterprises ...

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...