Africa

Assessment of the Health Impact of Occupational Risk in Africa: Current Situation and Methodological IssuesEpidemiology

This paper presents information from the current monitoring systems in Africa, mainly Southern Africa, for occupationalillness and injury...

Decent Work Country Profile Tanzania (Mainland)

The Informal Economy

The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

Working Paper on the Informal Economy, No. 10

The Informal Sector in Ghana

Overview of the informal sector in Ghana, with a focus on domestic workers, street vendors, and head porters

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

Economic Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone

Evidence from a recent assessment by Mercy Corps of economic recovery assessment in Sierra Leone showed that youth and petty traders were...

Informal Sector Versus Informal Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya

Abstract: From official records, it would appear that the labour market significantly shifted from the formal to the informal sector in Kenya....

Beyond urban vulnerability: interrogating the social sustainability of a livelihood in the informal economy of Nigerian cities.

Aba is a politically volatile, economically vibrant but environmentally poor city that is a microcosm of social conditions in the Nigerian...

From protection to repression: the politics of street vending

Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s...