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

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  • Working Papers

    South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile

    This paper presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, and attempts to identify the economic...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions

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  • Journal Articles

    Estimating the Causal Effect of Enforcement on Minimum Wage Compliance: The Case of South AfricaReview of Development Economics

    This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Exploited, undervalued – and essential: Domestic workers and the realization of their rights

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  • Research Reports

    Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

    Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...

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  • Research Reports

    Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre o cuidado das crianças e trabalhadoras informais de 6 organizações de base (OBs) de trabalhadoras/es pobres

    Esta publicação é um resumo de “Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem”: Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre...

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  • Research Reports

    Structural Adjustment Programmes and the Urban Informal Sector in Ghana

    Issues in Development, Discussion Paper, No. 3

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Organising the Informal Economy: Results and Prospects. The Case of Ghana in Comparative Perspective

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Women leaders and the sense of power: clientelism and citizenship at the Dantokpa market in Cotonou, Benin

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  • Journal Articles

    “You just look at our work and see if you have any freedom on earth”: Ghanaian women’s accounts of their work and their health

    Abstract: Research on women’s health in the developing world has focussed on reproductive issues and has defined women primarily as...

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