South Africa

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa

In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

A summary of research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations

This publication is a summary of “Our children do not get the attention they deserve”: A synthesis of research finding on women informal...

The nature of the South African informal sector as reflected in the quarterly labour-force survey, 2008-2014

Abstract of this REDI working paper: This paper presents an analysis of the nature of, and recent trends in, the South African informal sector...

Challenging city imaginaries: Street traders’ struggles in Warwick Junction

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The growth and organisation of a precariat: Working in the clothing industry in Johannesburg’s Inner city

7th GLU Conference, „The Politics of Labour and Development‟ 28-30 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Chapter 1 – A Walk Through Warwick

Household-Related Variables and Reported Illness in Street Vendors and Their Children in a South African City

Takemi Program on International Health Research Paper, No. 134

Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

Business Start-ups and Their Prospects of Success in South African TownshipsSouth African Review of Sociology

Abstract: PeThere is consensus within South African society that black entrepreneurship needs to become a more widespread phenomenon. To...