Africa

Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para Comerciantes e Vendedores Ambulantes em Acra e Takoradi, Gana

Africa’s Informal Economies: Thirty Years onSAIS Review

Collective Bargaining and Employment Relations in Kenya

From the Introduction:This paper provides an account of the development of the employment relationship in Kenya, noting the role of public...

Disempowerment from Below: Informal Enterprise Networks and the Limits of Political Voice in NigeriaOxford Development Studies

Abstract: Decentralized governance has enjoyed limited success in promoting popular livelihoods and political voice among informal actors....

Report on the Liberia Labour Force Survey 2010

From the ILO website: In 2010, the ILO supported Liberia in conducting a national Labour Force Survey. The survey report has recently been...

Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning?Berkeley Planning Journal

One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes...

Walking the tight rope: Informal livelihoods and social networks in a West African city

This book is about processes of ‘informalization’ in the West African city of Bissau in Guinea-Bissau. It begins with a historical account...

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

In Focus Programme, SEED Working Paper, No. 37

Towards a Right to Work: The Rationale for an Employment Guarantee in South Africa

Paper presented at the PLAAS Studies in Poverty and Inequality and Isandla Institute Conference on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa,...

Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

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