Ghana

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

A cross-sectional survey to assess household sanitation practices associated with uptake of “Clean Team” serviced home toilets in Kumasi, Ghana

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

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...

Limpando o local de trabalho: saúde e segurança do trabalho em Gana

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...

A case study from Ghana of good practice in developing OHS for informal workers

Presented at the ICOH International Conference on Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises, Accra, Ghana, 18-21 October, 2011.

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,

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...

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Informal City Dialogues

According to the website, “the Informal City Dialogues is a year-long project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted...

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