RESEARCH PROJECTS

Selected funded and collaborative research projects.

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Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

Type: Informal Economy & Work
Funder / Partner: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO); ISSER, University of Ghana; StreetNet Ghana Alliance
Role: Lead Researcher, Ghana Component
Period: 2012–2013
Led the Ghana component of a 10-city study of the urban informal economy, examining how street vendors in Accra are affected by economic trends, urban policies, value-chain dynamics and other forces shaping their working conditions and livelihoods.

Informal Taxation and Gender in the Ghanaian Informal Economy

Type: Informal Economy & Work
Funder / Partner: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO); International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)
Role: Co-Investigator
Period: 2021–present
Examines how formal and informal taxation affects workers and enterprises in Accra’s informal economy, with particular attention to differences by gender, sector and position within informal value chains.