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

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ghana Labour Act, 2003

    Rights and privileges of employment, including social protection, in Ghana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter March 20 2014

    As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    WIEGO’s Law and Informality Work

    Document in English, French, and Spanish.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Limpando o local de trabalho: saúde e segurança do trabalho em Gana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Consuming Urban Poverty

    This is the project website of an ongoing research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Trade Act, 2008

    An Act to simplify trade licensing procedures; to empower a licensing committee in a council to issue trade licences within the council area;...

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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 STR...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 3

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Domestic Workers Count Too: Implementing Protections for Domestic Workers: ITUC/UN Women Briefing Kit

    Based on personal testimonies from Bolivia, the State of New York, USA, the Philippines and South Africa, the ITUC-UN Women briefing kit...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Towards Inclusion of South African Domestic Workers Under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

    This paper situates protection

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