Programme: Law Programme

Informal Economy Budget Analysis for Lilongwe City in Malawi – Resource Document 13

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Lilongwe, Malawi

In 2013, 89 per cent of Malawi’s 5.5 million employed people were informally employed. Informal economy budget analysis (IEBA) explores the...

Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...

Using the Right to Information in the Informal Economy: A How-To Guide

This practical guide outlines how the right to information, a right that is broadly recognized in international law and in most countries...

Protecting the Worker in the Informal Economy: The Role of Labour Law

Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana

A Report on Street Vending in Ghana

Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana

Exposure Dialogue Programme – Personal Reflection

Nurturing a culture of compliance with domestic workers’ rights in South Africa

“I carry people and goods across the border for a living”

Informal cross-border couriers (bomalayisha) have transported people and goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa for several decades.