Africa

Informal Sector and Employment Generation in Nigeria: An Error Correction Model

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of informal sector on employment generation in Nigeria during the period 1970 to 2010 making use...

Unlocking the Labor Force: An Economic Update on Cameroon

From a news article by The World Bank about this paper: “The labor market in Cameroon is characterized by a large informal sector,...

Livelihood Strategies in African Cities: The Case of Residents in Bamenda

Abstract: This paper, in the African Review of Economics and Finance, analyses the livelihood strategies of residents in the city of Bamenda,...

Better OHS for Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This is a summary of a case study by Tony Dzidzinyo Dogbe and Suki Annan.

Challenging city imaginaries: Street traders’ struggles in Warwick Junction

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Moments of resistance: The struggle against informalization in the city of Cape Town

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‘World Class Cities for All’: Street traders as agents of union revitalization in contemporary South AfricaLabour, Capital and Society

AbstractEngaging with recent scholarly debates on the challenges of labour movement revitalization in both the global North and South, this...

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