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This study is a photo essay/profile of barrow operators and traders that work in Warwick Junction, an informal trading market in downtown Durban, South Africa. The type of barrow operators in the study are those responsible for moving goods in, out and around the market to different trading sites...
Reflections on the launch of Design with the Other 90%: CITIES ' exhibition, a project by the Smithsonian-Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum. For additional information about this project, visit the Design Other 90 Network .
Hope and Skepticism as Ghana Finally Adopts an Urban Policy is a blog post by Sharon Benzoni. "Five years in the making, Ghana’s new Urban Framework could benefit the country’s informal realm if it’s successfully implemented."
This blog post is by Leila Sheikh, a journalist who writes about domestic workers and violence against them.
This blog post is by the African Development Bank Group. The introduction is as follows: "In recent years, many African countries have experienced a growth revival, but this has not necessarily generated decent jobs. Unemployment remained high among youth and the adult African population. Little...
Summary of key court cases impacting street vendors in Accra, Ghana
This Act amends the Employment Equity Act, 1998.
This research paper examines the extent to which the structure of economic opportunities generated by a country's growth strategies translated into positive impacts on women's lives in the different contexts of three countries. It draws on household survey data collected in Egypt, Ghana and...
This paper is part of the Global Urban Economic Dialogue Series of UN-Habitat. UN-Habitat describes the paper as follows: " Rapid urbanisation in Africa threatens disaster if it just multiplies the problems of overcrowding, squalor, destitution and degradation. However, it could become a...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.