Africa

Cashing in on Cashew Nuts: Women Producers and Factory Workers in Mozambique

The Legal Empowerment Agenda: Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa

Despite providing society with a set of crucial services, large groups of workers in the informal economy are subject to exclusion and discrimination,...

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills

This is an account of the “Developing Leadership & Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade” project, which took place...

The Political Economy of Social Policy and Social Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Procrastination in Recognizing the Rights of Domestic Workers in Ethiopia

Abstract: The 1960 Ethiopian Civil Code regulates domestic working conditions, and it largely depends on employers’ sense of fairness. The...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Minibus Taxi Industry in South Africa

In Focus Programme. SEED Working Paper, No. 39

Addressing inequality and economic marginalisation

Cape Town: Institute for African Alternatives

Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town

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

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa