Africa

Stitching for Survival: Home-Based Clothing Operations in the Informal Economy

The Experience of Two Women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa

In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion...

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

The nature of the South African informal sector as reflected in the quarterly labour-force survey, 2008-2014

Abstract of this REDI working paper: This paper presents an analysis of the nature of, and recent trends in, the South African informal sector...

Sustainable Urban Livelihoods and Marketplace Social Capital: Crisis and Strategy in Petty Trade

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Street trading in Africa: Demographic trends, planning and trader organisation

Institutional perspectives on understanding street retailer behaviour and networks: cases from Ghana

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A Re-Examination of the Urban Informal Sector in West Africa

Mapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique

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