Africa

The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

Working Paper on the Informal Economy, No. 10

The Informal Sector in Ghana

Overview of the informal sector in Ghana, with a focus on domestic workers, street vendors, and head porters

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

Economic Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone

Evidence from a recent assessment by Mercy Corps of economic recovery assessment in Sierra Leone showed that youth and petty traders were...

Informal Sector Versus Informal Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya

Abstract: From official records, it would appear that the labour market significantly shifted from the formal to the informal sector in Kenya....

Beyond urban vulnerability: interrogating the social sustainability of a livelihood in the informal economy of Nigerian cities.

Aba is a politically volatile, economically vibrant but environmentally poor city that is a microcosm of social conditions in the Nigerian...

From protection to repression: the politics of street vending

Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s...

Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World

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Trading on a grant: Integrating formal and informal social protection in post-apartheid migrant networks

Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper, No. 75

Poor health kills small businesses: Illness and microenterprise in South Africa

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