South Africa

The dynamics of local innovations among formal and informal enterprises: Stories from rural South Africa

Abstract: Exploiting the developmental potential of innovation for marginalised communities requires a context-specific understanding of...

Paid Care Providers in South Africa: Nurses, Domestic Workers, and Home-Based Care Workers

The State of the Informal Economy

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South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile

This paper presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, and attempts to identify the economic...

Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions

Developmental Local Government in Post-Apartheid South Africa? A Feminist Rethinking of the State and Development in the Context of Neo-liberalism

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...

Executive Summary, Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

Extending Occupational Health and Safety to Urban Street Vendors: Reflections From a Project in Durban, South Africa

Abstract: This article focuses on an action-research project which is attempting to extend occupational health and safety to a group of street...

Actor networks and innovation activities among rural enterprises in a South African locality

Abstract: Rural localities are often viewed as too remote, sparsely populated and poor in critical resources needed for them to be innovation...