All posts in South Africa
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Books & Book Chapters
Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa
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Books & Book Chapters
Durban Street Traders
This report provides a disaggregated analysis of known street vendors in the eThekwini Municipality by type of area, with further disaggregation...
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Journal Articles
‘World Class Cities for All’: Street traders as agents of union revitalization in contemporary South AfricaLabour, Capital and Society
AbstractEngaging with recent scholarly debates on the challenges of labour movement revitalization in both the global North and South, this...
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Research Reports
Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa
SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy...
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Research Reports
The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers
These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...
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Journal Articles
Informal business and poverty in South Africa: Rethinking the paradigmLaw, Democracy and Development
Analysing policy discourse concerning the informal economy in South Africa, the article explicates in detail the paucity of (even ostensibly...
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Journal Articles
‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development ReportJournal of International Development
Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...
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Journal Articles
Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa
South Africa’s cities have experienced dramatic changes over the past decade. Cities are now home to a multiracial population, and have been...
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Research Reports
Livelihoods (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets: Reflections from Recent Studies in KwaZulu-Natal
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Research Reports
Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Minibus Taxi Industry in South Africa
In Focus Programme. SEED Working Paper, No. 39
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