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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 Beach Trading Policy and Management Framework, 2002

    The purpose of this document is to clearly articulate the framework within which Informal Beach Trading should occur in the City of Cape...

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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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