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Women and Globalisation: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Construction Workers in Contemporary IndiaThis article identifies the opportunities and constraints faced by female construction workers in urban India, citing empirical research... Read More
Waste management policy: implications for landfill waste salvagers in the Western CapeInternational Journal of Environment and Waste ManagementAbstract: The City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Department’s (CCTSWMD) design of a more formal, integrated and sustainable waste... Read More
When men do women’s work: structural adjustment, unemployment and changing gender relations in the informal economy of Accra, GhanaThe Journal of Modern African StudiesAbstract: Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of... Read More
The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, NigeriaAbstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth... Read More
Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in TanzaniaAbstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children... Read More
Revanchist Urbanism Heads South: The Regulation of Indigenous Beggars and Street Vendors in Ecuador.AntipodeMuch of the discussion surrounding neoliberal urbanism has been empirically grounded in the North. This paper shifts the discussion south... Read More
Urban Markets in Lagos, NigeriaAn emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with... Read More
Efficient lighting uptake among the urban poor: evidence from a Kenyan informal settlementEnvironment and UrbanizationThis special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
Inequality at work in the informal economy: Key issues and illustrationsInternational Labour Review Read More
The Work and Lives of Street Waste Pickers in Pretoria—A Case Study of Recycling in South Africa’s Urban Informal EconomyUrban ForumAbstract: High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception... Read More
