Africa

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

Informal business and poverty in South Africa: Rethinking the paradigmLaw, Democracy and Development

Analysing policy discourse concerning the informal economy in South Africa, the article explicates in detail the paucity of (even ostensibly...

‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development ReportJournal of International Development

Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...

Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa

South Africa’s cities have experienced dramatic changes over the past decade. Cities are now home to a multiracial population, and have been...

Organising Informal Transport Workers: The Informal Economy and the Unionisation of Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Benin

Unionizing informal workers in Ghana

Abstract: This article very briefly introduces the Ghanaian informal economy and some of the organisations that operate within it, making...

Time for a New Deal: Social Dialogue and the Informal Economy in Zambia

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Health Impact of Occupational Risks in the Informal Sector in ZimbabweInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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Assessing the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in the Context of Instability and Informal Economies

Informalisation and the Reconfiguration of Labour Relations in the Durban Clothing Industry