Region: Ghana

Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action

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The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Assessing Access by Informal Workers

In 2003 the Ghanaian government introduced, a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – an, innovative and large scale attempt to extend,...

Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine

This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.

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...

Traders on the Run: Activities of Street Vendors in the Accra Metropolitan Area, GhanaNorwegian Journal of Geography

Changes in Official Attitudes Towards Urban Agriculture in AccraAfrican Studies Quarterly

Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills

This is an account of the “Developing Leadership & Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade” project, which took place...

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

Promoting the Informal Sector as a Source of Gainful Employment in Developing Countries: Insights from GhanaThe International Journal of Human Resource Management

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)