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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Desarrollando Habilidades Comerciales y de Liderazgo para las Trabajadoras Informales del Comercio Justo

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Financial Diaries of Smallholder Families

    This video is available on the CGAP website.From the CGAP website:

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  • Presentations

    Space, place and belonging: informal trading in and around Congolenses market, Luanda, Angola – presentation

    This is a student presentation of a masters dissertation. The dissertation explores the interplay between government, informal street traders...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Township Act Subsidiary Legislation

    This document is a subsidiary regulation of the Township Act and it outlines the the regulations, rules, by-laws and codes on the establishment...

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  • Legal Instruments

    COMESA Simplified Trade Regime

    */ The Simplified Trade Agreement (STR) is aimed at simplifying the trade process of clearing goods by informal-cross-border traders. The...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 5 (English)

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters
  • Legal Instruments

    Street Vendors’ Laws and Legal Issues in South Africa

    Street vendors have few legal protections in South Africa. As they are not employees the basic rights of labour law do not apply to them...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Empowering Market Traders in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa: Summary

    This impact case study summary gives a preview of the work done under WIEGO’s Inclusive Cities project with market traders in Durban’s...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Eastern Metropolitan Local Council of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council Street Trading By-laws, 1998

    This document contains the street trading by-laws that have been adopted by the Eastern Metropolitan Local Council.

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