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  • Journal Articles

    Why Evictions Do Not Deter Street Traders: Case Study in Accra, GhanaGhana Social Science Journal

    Abstract: Like many major cities in developing countries, Accra faces increasing congestion of vehicles, pedestrians and traders around its...

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  • Journal Articles

    A new informal economy in Africa: The case of Ghana

    Abstract: This paper reveals a new informal economy in Ghana, Africa – the ‘in formal informal economy’ – where the actors are highly educated...

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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Research Reports

    Structural Adjustment Programmes and the Urban Informal Sector in Ghana

    Issues in Development, Discussion Paper, No. 3

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  • Research Reports

    Do occupational health services really exist in Ghana? A special focus on the agricultural and informal sectors

    WHO/ICOH/ILO Workshop: Challenges to Occupational Health Services in the Regions, the National and International response. Helsinki, Finland ...

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  • Research Reports

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

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

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  • Research Reports

    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,...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    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...

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  • Research Reports

    Better OHS for Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

    This is a summary of a case study by Tony Dzidzinyo Dogbe and Suki Annan.

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

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