The informal sector in Ghana is characterised by precarious conditions of work and high rates of poverty and, for these reasons, Ghanaian women’s participation in the sector has received sympathetic attention in the literature. By contrast, their work in the presumably more secure and rewarding formal sector—including the banking industry—has been relatively neglected. However, our research into the experiences of female bank workers hired through employment agencies reveal conditions of work that resemble those in the informal economy, with regards to contracts, wages, security of tenure, and channels of negotiation and redress. We link the situation of these workers to processes of economic liberalisation in Ghana and globally, which enc...
The engagement of the services of domestic workers is not a new phenomenon in Ghana. There have howe...
SUMMARY This article discusses the various factors which account for the importance of women in the...
Gender has become a key determinant for access to formal education in Ghana. Ghana has a reputation ...
The study examines women’s work in two sectors- banking and paid domestic work; the formal and info...
The report analyzes research regarding women in the labour force, towards policy recommendations and...
Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees...
The expanding informal sector in developing countries and in Ghana in particular from the 1980s has ...
This paper reveals a new informal economy in Ghana, Africa - the ‘in formal informal economy’ - wher...
Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees...
This study is about the activities of labour intermediary agents in Tema, a port city and the hub of...
Drawing on interviews with migrant domestic workers and brokers in Accra-Tema, the capital city of G...
Abstract: The world of work is constantly changing and the notion of “work” itself is no longer what...
This thesis re-evaluates the relationship between formal and informal work in third world cities. Un...
How can an informal job in formal employment be defined, who has an informal job and what are the la...
How can an informal job in formal establishments be defined? Who has an informal job? What are the l...
The engagement of the services of domestic workers is not a new phenomenon in Ghana. There have howe...
SUMMARY This article discusses the various factors which account for the importance of women in the...
Gender has become a key determinant for access to formal education in Ghana. Ghana has a reputation ...
The study examines women’s work in two sectors- banking and paid domestic work; the formal and info...
The report analyzes research regarding women in the labour force, towards policy recommendations and...
Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees...
The expanding informal sector in developing countries and in Ghana in particular from the 1980s has ...
This paper reveals a new informal economy in Ghana, Africa - the ‘in formal informal economy’ - wher...
Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees...
This study is about the activities of labour intermediary agents in Tema, a port city and the hub of...
Drawing on interviews with migrant domestic workers and brokers in Accra-Tema, the capital city of G...
Abstract: The world of work is constantly changing and the notion of “work” itself is no longer what...
This thesis re-evaluates the relationship between formal and informal work in third world cities. Un...
How can an informal job in formal employment be defined, who has an informal job and what are the la...
How can an informal job in formal establishments be defined? Who has an informal job? What are the l...
The engagement of the services of domestic workers is not a new phenomenon in Ghana. There have howe...
SUMMARY This article discusses the various factors which account for the importance of women in the...
Gender has become a key determinant for access to formal education in Ghana. Ghana has a reputation ...