Africa

Promoting Women Workers’ Rights in African Horticulture: Overview of research into conditions on horticulture farms in Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda

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Occupational Health & Safety for Indigenous Caterers in Accra, Ghana

Challenges to Traditional Livelihoods and Newly Emerging Employment Patterns of Pastoralists in Tanzania

An ILO-INDISCO Study in collaboration with Jobs for Africa (JFA)

Federation of Kenya Employers: Case Study

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

Role of the Informal Sector in Coping with Economic Crisis in Thailand and Zambia

Abstract: This working paper takes a close look at how people in two countries – viz. Thailand and Zambia – and in particular those working...

When men do women’s work: structural adjustment, unemployment and changing gender relations in the informal economy of Accra, GhanaThe Journal of Modern African Studies

Abstract: Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of...

Street trade, neoliberalisation and the control of space: Nairobi’s Central Business District in the era of entrepreneurial urbanism.Journal of Eastern African Studies

The article discusses this hypothesis by examining the evolution of spatial politics on the streets of Nairobi’s Central Business District...

WIEGO Resource Document – Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia

This paper aims to assess whether the government budget in Liberia address the needs of informal workers, in particular street vendors, market...

Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana