Ghana

Activities in Accra Mark International Waste Pickers Day

• March 1, 2020 - March 5, 2020
• Accra, Ghana

In Accra, the events marking International Waste Pickers Day (March 1st) will last all week. Waste pickers will hold a press conference,...

Street Vendor Exclusion in “Modern” Market Planning: A Case Study from Kumasi, Ghana

Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand

Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling

The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...

Addressing the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Needs of Informal Workers: Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This case study illustrates the efforts of two membership-based organizations of market traders and street vendors in the Greater Accra Metropolitan...

Structural Adjustment Programmes and the Urban Informal Sector in Ghana

Issues in Development, Discussion Paper, No. 3

Contaminated Identities: Mercury and marginalisation in Ghana’s artisanal mining sectorGeoforum

Urban Livelihoods and Food and Nutrition Security in Greater Accra, Ghana

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Research Report, No. 112

The Informal Sector in Ghana

From the paper: 80 percent of the Ghanaian workforce is employed in the informal sector. The sector is characterized by underemployment,...

Crossing the Divide: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour

this book shows how innovative organisational strategies are emerging in the Global South to bridge the widening divide between the formal...