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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Research Reports

    “God First, Second the Market”: A Case Study of the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund of Liberia

    This Case Study presents some of the first steps being taken in Liberia, to find solutions to the problems women traders face which normally...

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  • Research Reports

    Managing Informality: Local Government Practices and Approaches Towards the Informal Economy in Africa

    Abstract:

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  • Journal Articles

    Social Capital or Analytical Liability: Social Networks and African Informal EconomiesGlobal Networks

    Abstract The rise of the ‘social capitalist’ paradigm has turned social networks into a concept that conceals more than it reveals. In this...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

    This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

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  • Research Reports

    The Informal Sector in Ghana

    From the paper: 80 percent of the Ghanaian workforce is employed in the informal sector. The sector is characterized by underemployment,...

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  • Research Reports

    Human Development Report: Liberia

    Briefing note on Liberia for the Human Development Report 2015

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  • Journal Articles

    Eking out a living: the livelihood implications of urban space regulation on street hawking in Accra, Ghana

    Abstract: Street hawking as a source of livelihood across the developing world has often raised a lot of concerns regarding hygiene, slum,...

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  • Research Reports

    Addressing the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Needs of Informal Workers: Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

    This case study illustrates the efforts of two membership-based organizations of market traders and street vendors in the Greater Accra Metropolitan...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The State of the Informal Economy

    Available as a download from HSRC Press website

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  • Research Reports

    Organising in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Building Industry in South Africa

    SEED Working Paper, No. 38

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