Nigeria

Disempowerment from Below: Informal Enterprise Networks and the Limits of Political Voice in NigeriaOxford Development Studies

Abstract: Decentralized governance has enjoyed limited success in promoting popular livelihoods and political voice among informal actors....

Informal Sector and Employment Generation in Nigeria: An Error Correction Model

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of informal sector on employment generation in Nigeria during the period 1970 to 2010 making use...

The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, Nigeria

Abstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth...

Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning?Berkeley Planning Journal

One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes...

Urban Markets in Lagos, Nigeria

An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with...

The Informal Economy Driving World Business

National Public Radio (NPR) interviews Robert Neuwirth, author of  “Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy.” ...

Our Story Our Struggle: Lagos Tailors

This booklet emerged out of discussions in a workshop with representatives of the National Union of Tailors, Lagos. The workshop was facilitated...

Abuja Municipal Area Council By Law, 2002

This document contains the 2002 Abuja Municipal Area Council’s by-laws relating to the prohibition of street hawking, sanitation, restaurants...

African Commission on Human and People’s Rights- Social and Economic Rights Action Center and the Center for Economic and Social Rights v Nigeria (155/96)

/*–>*/ /*–>*/ This Court case concerned the violation of the right to livelihood of the Ogini people by the Nigerian Government....

Habitat III Regional Meeting in Africa

• February 22, 2016 - February 26, 2016
• Abuja, Nigeria

WIEGO’s Victoria Okoye attended the Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. This meeting provided a platform to debate regional...