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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

    Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act, 2002.

    This Act amends the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Cleaning Up the Workplace: Occupational Health & Safety in Ghana

    Occupational Health and Safety is rarely considered in relation to informal sector workers, whose working conditions are largely invisible...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Récupération en Afrique, Volume 1.1

      Also available in English here.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter July 10 2013

    Electronic newsletter from LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa)

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  • Legal Instruments

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project – Results from Legal Consultation Workshop

    Results of a strategy session on identifying and addressing laws impacting informal economy workers in Ghana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter March 28 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 5

    News from SETU Africa: Exposure visit of SEWA team to Ethiopia News from SEWA: International Literacy Day and SEWA’s Literacy Work: an outcome...

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  • Legal Instruments

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Sensitization Workshop for Street Vendors Held On Tuesday, 3 September 2014 at the TUC Conference Hall, Accra

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

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    IIED Newsletter: Artisanal and small-scale mining, January 23, 2017

    This newsletter from the International Institute for Environment and Development includes information about IIED’s artisanal and small-scale...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ghana Case Law on Street Vending in Accra, Ghana

    Summary of key court cases impacting street vendors in Accra, Ghana

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