Africa

From Tree-minders to Global Players: Cocoa Farmers in Ghana

Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Accra’s Street & Market Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6

The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, Nigeria

Abstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth...

Capitalism and the Common Man: Peasants and Petty Production in Africa and South AsiaAgrarian South: Journal of Political Economy

Abstract: In 1976, the political sociologist of Africa, Gavin Williams, controversially ‘took the part of peasants’ in an essay, the critique...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Minibus Taxi Industry in South Africa

In Focus Programme. SEED Working Paper, No. 39

Addressing inequality and economic marginalisation

Cape Town: Institute for African Alternatives

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

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Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa