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

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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

    Saving the “Mother Market”: Mobilizing Street Vendors in Durban

    When a historic market in Durban, South Africa was threatened by commercial development, market workers and street vendors, with the support...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Asiye Etafuleni

    Asiye eTafuleni is a Non-Profit Organisation which champions Inclusive Urban Planning & Design. This involves empowering the working...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Muitos comerciantes, uma só voz: Reflexões de líderes da MATO, África do Sul

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  • Legal Instruments

    Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Worker Sector

    This sectoral determination makes special provision for basic conditions of employment for domestic workers, over and above the general provisions...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Draft Proposals for an Informal Trading Policy for the City of East London, 1995

    This policy paper serves as a proposal for an informal trading policy for the City of East London which ahs received considerable attention...

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