Malawi

For an Organization to Move, It Needs Women

In this interview, Gladys Mponda, Vice President of  the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS), talks about the value of organizing,...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis for Lilongwe City in Malawi – Resource Document 13

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Lilongwe, Malawi

In 2013, 89 per cent of Malawi’s 5.5 million employed people were informally employed. Informal economy budget analysis (IEBA) explores the...

Self-organized informal workers and trade union initiatives in Malawi: Process, challenges and directions of organizing the informal economy

Abstract:This study compares self-organising by informal workers with trade union initiatives of organising in the informal economy in Malawi....

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...

Leading the Fight for Legitimacy: Malawi Union for the Informal Sector – MUFIS

When the global economic downturn’s impact on the informal workers in Malawi went unreported and unrecognized, the Malawi Union for the Informal...

Conduzindo a luta pela legitimidade: a União Malawi para o setor informal

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...

Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS)

The Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS) first began in 2000, and was officially registered in 2004. As of 2012, MUFIS has approximately...