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  • Advocacy Materials

    Navigating Inflation: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Accra, Ghana

    This booklet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Accra, Ghana. It draws on exploratory research...

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  • Resource Documents

    Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities

    Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...

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  • Working Papers

    Tight Tax Net, Loose Safety Net: Taxation and Social Protection in Accra’s Informal Sector

    While debates about taxation and social protection in relation to the informal economy are widespread, there is little empirical evidence...

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  • Resource Documents

    New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana

    The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a...

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  • Women carrying goods on their heads walk through a busy market in Ghana. Project

    Child Care Provision in Markets: Supporting Women in Informal Employment in Accra, Durban and Kigali

    Workers in informal employment often lack access to high quality public services, including child-care services. Lack of child-care support...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Guidelines and Standards for Day-Care Centres in and around Markets in Ghana

    These guidelines and standards for day-care centres in and around markets in Ghana were developed through the collaborative efforts of a...

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  • Kayayei carry goods on their heads in Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana Post
    Child Care

    International Women’s Day 2022

    For International Women’s Day, WIEGO looks at the foundation that women leaders of worker organizations have laid during the pandemic...

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  • Kayayei carry a load full of goods on their heads at Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana Worker Story

    Rukaya Bawule, a kayayei leader in Accra, Ghana

    Rukaya Bawule is 26 years old and a leader of the kayayei, or headporters, in Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. Through her organization,...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    Informal workers in and around Accra’s markets – street vendors, market traders and kayayei – provide affordable goods and services and form...

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

    Impact of Accra Focal City project

    Negotiating for improved working conditions and social benefits In 2011, through a multi-stakeholder workshop, informal economy workers engaged...

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