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The Improvisers

A report about the number of Kenyan youth joining the informal economy because of the high unemployment rate in the country.   A related...

A Report on Street Vending in Ghana

Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores de Nakuru, Quênia

Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Accra Metropolis

WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

“We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban Forum

Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing...

Efficient lighting uptake among the urban poor: evidence from a Kenyan informal settlementEnvironment and Urbanization

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World

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Trading on a grant: Integrating formal and informal social protection in post-apartheid migrant networks

Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper, No. 75

Poor health kills small businesses: Illness and microenterprise in South Africa

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