South Africa

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

The Work and Lives of Street Waste Pickers in Pretoria—A Case Study of Recycling in South Africa’s Urban Informal EconomyUrban Forum

Abstract: High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception...

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

Have Minimum Wages Benefited South Africa’s Domestic Service Workers?

African Development and Poverty Reduction: The Macro-Micro Linkage. Forum Paper 2004.

Health Risks and Informal Employment in South Africa: Does Formality Protect Health?International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

The association between work and health has not been well explored in the context of economically developing countries, largely due to inadequate...

Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...