Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus on household 'coping strategies' and individual agency, addressing the...

Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus on household 'coping strategies' and individual agency, addressing the...

<p>Special issue in the journal Urban Forum. Vol. 23, Issue 4. December 2012.</p>

<p>Special issue in the journal Urban Forum. Vol. 23, Issue 4. December 2012.</p>

<p>Networked City Life in Africa. Special issue of the journal <em>Urban Forum</em>.</p>

<p>Special issue in the journal Urban Forum. Vol. 23, Issue 4. December 2012.</p>

Edited by Signe Arnfred and Mats Utas.

South Africa was expecting to benefit by hosting the World Cup 2010. For urban disadvantaged groups, however, the reality proved very different. Street vendors and marketers were among the excluded. Evictions caused many of them to lose their livelihoods, and strict regulations made it difficult for them to derive economic benefit from the mega-event. This Policy N...