Africa

Economic consequences of injury and resulting family coping strategies in Ghana

‘Legal Empowerment of the Poor’ Versus ‘Right to the City’: Implications for Access to Housing in Urban Africa

The challenge of urban deprivation and exclusion in the urban South has given rise to varied and shifting policies and ideas. Two sets of...

Salud y seguridad ocupacional para proveedores de servicios de catering indígena en Acra, Ghana

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Cashing in on Cashew Nuts: Women Producers and Factory Workers in Mozambique

The Legal Empowerment Agenda: Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa

Despite providing society with a set of crucial services, large groups of workers in the informal economy are subject to exclusion and discrimination,...

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

Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills

This is an account of the “Developing Leadership & Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade” project, which took place...

The Political Economy of Social Policy and Social Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Procrastination in Recognizing the Rights of Domestic Workers in Ethiopia

Abstract: The 1960 Ethiopian Civil Code regulates domestic working conditions, and it largely depends on employers’ sense of fairness. The...

Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19