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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

    Machakos Co-operative Union Ltd.

    African smallholder farmers fought for the right to organize, and in the 1950s, were finally allowed to promote and register cooperatives...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Bulletin Hebdo LEDNA 17 mai 2013

    Bulletin électronique de LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa).

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter August 22 2013

    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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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Bulletin Hebdo LEDNA 15 novembre 2013

    Bulletin électronique de LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa).

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter May 16 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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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Udadisi – Stop Violence Against Domestic Workers

    This blog post is by Leila Sheikh, a journalist who writes about domestic workers and violence against them.

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  • Legal Instruments

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Stakeholders’ Policy Dialogue with Magistrates Held on 12 December 2013 at Cleaver House, Accra

    This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact the work of s

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Kayayei March – Accra, December 2016

    This is a video of an appreciation march by Kayayei’s on the promise that was made to them by the NPP (New Patriotic Party) to abolish...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Micro and Small Enterprises Act, 2006

    An Act of Parliament to make provision for, the establishment of a council that will facilitate the development of Micro and Small Enterprises ...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Accra: Market, Street Traders & Headload Porter’s Health & Safety

    A survey undertaken in Accra, Ghana, investigated the main occupational health and access to healthcare challenges faced by market traders,...

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