Literature on participation in the informal food sector in cities of the Global South is conventionally characterized by a survivalist or opportunistic perspective. The main difference is that opportunists, in contrast to survivalists, are motivated by entrepreneurial choice rather than...

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Urbanization and Informality -- International Migration in Southern Africa -- Migrants and the Informal Economy -- Informal Cross-Border Trading -- Informal Remitting Enterprise --...

As national social safety nets are expanding in Africa and globally, evidence on the impact of programs on youth transitions can help guide future investment and program design decisions. This paper examines the effects of Malawi’s flagship cash transfer program on safe transitions to...

There are few grounds for believing that the implicit hypothesis contained within the PRSP approach - that PRSPs will change the nature of conditionality, leading to enhanced ownership of the strategies themselves, and therefore more effective implementation - will hold true in the case of...