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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

    City of Cape Town Draft Informal Trading Policy, 2000

    The purpose of this document is to assist with drafitng a policy that spells out the framework within which Informal trading should occur...

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  • Legal Instruments

    South Africa Constitution, Bill of Rights, 1996

    This document contains the Bill of Rights as found in the constitution of South Africa.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    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...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Waste Picking in Africa, Volume 1.1

      Disponible en français ici.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    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...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Report from 2011 Consultation with Domestic Workers in Ghana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    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...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    SETU Africa Newsletter, Volume 1 Issue 4

    This issue includes:

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Charter for a Street-Trading Friendly African City: Steps that African Mayors can take to embrace inclusive and sustainable street trading management

    Informal trading is a prevalent reality in African cities, still marked by high degree of poverty, unemployment and inequality, and affected...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Position Statement from the Women Cross Border Traders Forum on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC Regional Trade Policy and the Tripartite Free Trade Area Policy Framework

    We, the Women representatives of Informal Cross Border Trader’s Associations (ICBTs) drawn from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,...

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