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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Informal sector workers"”.
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Heat exposure and adaptation strategies of outdoor informal sector workers in urban Bulawayo - Zimbabwe
… vulnerable groups, particularly among outdoor workers in developing countries in the tropics. In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, a large portion of the population work outdoors in the informal sector as street vendors (hawkers) due to a lack of employment opportunities. These hawkers spend long hours in …
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Caring biographies : qualitative explorations of South African informal sector workers' gendered subjectivities of care
… how gender identities shape the experiences of informal sector workers, particularly street traders, as they balance work and caregiving responsibilities. Focusing on 20 street traders (10 women and 10 men) in rural Venda, South Africa, the research aims to understand the historical, cultural, …
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Essays on willingness and ability to pay for health insurance among informal sector workers in Sierra Leone
… ability to pay (ATP) for health insurance among informal sector workers in Sierra Leone using a DCE method. The four essays/papers (Chapters 2 – 5) represent the main outcomes of this research. Eight informal sector activities were selected namely – petty trading, subsistence farming, commercial …
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The impact of COVID-19 on the livelihood of informal sector workers: A case study of street vendors in Eenhana Town, Ohangwena region, Namibia
… impacting individuals employed in the informal sector. Among the most susceptible groups are street vendors, who face increased vulnerability due to their limited skills and resources for coping with such crises. This research aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the informal …
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The informal sector’s contribution to the economic wellbeing of people in Timor-Leste
It is widely believed that the informal sector is growing in the modern global economy. When studying who occupies this informal sector and the nature of their business, the universal tendency is to describe the informal sector as made up of low-income producers and having opportunities for …
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Democracy and the Politics of Social Citizenship in India
… of the working classes—landless laborers and informal sector workers—in autonomous class organizations. This has enabled them to vigorously assert their interests within the working-class movement and harness state power to advance their interests through a wide range of legislative …
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Modalities of regulation In the informal economy: a study of waste collectors in Cape Town
… and collective organising capacity of these informal sector workers, and their relationships with other actors. Although, these studies provide a useful resource for understanding the nature of their work and the contexts in which it emerges, very little is known about how their work is …
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Three essays on Brazilian social security policies, education and labor market
… techniques to study the Brazilian public sector. A clear theoretical and empirical comprehension is crucial when designing policies to mitigate social problems, as well-intentioned policies may exacerbate the original problems if they are not correctly designed. The first chapter of this …
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Market frictions, allocative efficiency and aggregate productivity in the manufacturing sector: evidence from Zimbabwe
… of resources within and between the formal and informal manufacturing sectors in Zimbabwe. The thesis is guided by three broad shortcomings in the available literature. First is the exclusion of the informal sector, a major source of economic activity in emerging economies, in the analysis of …