Since first recognized in the early 1970s, the informal sector of Sub?Saharan Africa has become a growing source of employment for large numbers of youths, but also older workers pursuing entrepreneurial goals and others adjusting to structural changes in the region's employment. Initially...

This report aims to provide a comprehensive package of timely and relevant input to the Government's initiatives. In doing so, it brings together into one coherent framework and story-line both new analysis and previous work undertaken for the World Bank's policy dialogue - in particular the...