Region: South Africa

Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town

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Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Mean Streets: Migration, Xenophobia and Informality in South Africa

‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development Report

Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...

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...

Constraints to Growth and Employment in Durban: Evidence from the Informal Economy

South Africa’s Informal Economy: Reflections From a Second Exposure Dialogue in Durban

School of Development Studies Research Report No 90

Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

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Securing Livelihoods: A Gendered Analysis of Support Interventions available to Street Traders in the Durban Metropolitan Area