Innovation in climate mitigation technologies has seen enormous activity and significant
progress in recent years. Innovation has also led to, and exacerbated, trade-offs in relation …

Purpose This study aims to investigates the contribution of the informal sector towards
secure livelihoods. Using a case study design, the study focusses on Mandela park, situated …

Innovation is key to industrialization in Africa and must be aligned with industrial policy. A
challenge for African countries is to design and implement innovation and industrial policies …

This Modern Guide presents a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary thought on the
informal economy, which, as the author demonstrates–far from being a peripheral feature of …

How does the informal economy innovate? Innovation depends, in part, on the generation
and use of distinct types of knowledge. Yet, very little is known on the use of knowledge …

Despite its prominence, scale and dynamism, the informal economy is viewed as remnant of
a traditional economic order that needs to be systematically reduced and eventually …

Over the last two decades, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners have focused on the
innovations in the informal sector, particularly grassroots innovations (GI) from low-income …

Informal vendors have occupied the streets of Metro Manila's Baclaran district since the
1950s. Their presence has generated policies seeking to manage or banish street hawking …

Wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana/stricta) is an understory grass most often associated with the
ecosystem health, function, and biodiversity over a substantial part of the longleaf pine …

This working paper provides findings from a scan of South Africa's maker movement. The
national scan, conducted in 2016-17 by members of the Open African Innovation Research …