Africa

The confounding influence of urban informality on innovation and production specialisation in production clusters: evidence from Nairobi

Abstract: This paper investigates two agglomeration economies, innovation and production specialisation, within Nairobi’s handicraft...

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

 This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.

Low-waged and Informal Employment in South Africa

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors

Executive Summary, Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

Extending Occupational Health and Safety to Urban Street Vendors: Reflections From a Project in Durban, South Africa

Abstract: This article focuses on an action-research project which is attempting to extend occupational health and safety to a group of street...

Actor networks and innovation activities among rural enterprises in a South African locality

Abstract: Rural localities are often viewed as too remote, sparsely populated and poor in critical resources needed for them to be innovation...

Employment vulnerability and earnings in urban West Africa