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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Research Reports

    The National Labour Force And Child Activities Survey 2011/12

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  • Journal Articles

    Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa

    Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays...

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  • Journal Articles

    A new informal economy in Africa: The case of Ghana

    Abstract: This paper reveals a new informal economy in Ghana, Africa – the ‘in formal informal economy’ – where the actors are highly educated...

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  • Research Reports

    Rethinking Street Traders as a Promising Agent of Re-Empowering Labour Movement in Contemporary South Africa

    Conference paper highlighting the WCCA Campaign in South Africa. 7th Global Labour University Conference, ‘The Politics of Labour and Development’,28-30...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Globalization and the informalization of labour: the case of South Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 2 – Turning Warwick Around

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  • Journal Articles

    The reproductive and occupational health of women street vendors in Johannesburg, South AfricaSocial Science and Medicine

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  • Journal Articles

    Waste management policy: implications for landfill waste salvagers in the Western CapeInternational Journal of Environment and Waste Management

    Abstract: The City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Department’s (CCTSWMD) design of a more formal, integrated and sustainable waste...

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  • Journal Articles

    Business Start-ups and Their Prospects of Success in South African TownshipsSouth African Review of Sociology

    Abstract: PeThere is consensus within South African society that black entrepreneurship needs to become a more widespread phenomenon. To...

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  • Research Reports

    Nos enfants ne reçoivent pas l’attention qu’ils méritent

    Cette publication présente les résultats d’une étude de recherche dans cinq villes examinant l’accès des travailleuses de l´informel...

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