Integrating the informal economy in urban planning and governance:
            <i>A case study of the process of policy development in Durban, South Africa</i>

Lund, Francie; Skinner, Caroline

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“…In light of the above realities and the trajectory of ‘jobless de‐agrarianization’ (Bryceson and Jamal, ; Du Toit and Neves ) described earlier, the informal sector of the economy offers little respite. Opportunities in South Africa's informal sector are paltry, and the sector is comparatively small despite enduring poverty and unemployment (Lund and Skinner ; Rogerson ). In this way, town and countryside, agriculture and industry, and formal and informal sectors offer constrained opportunities for accumulation for the poor in present‐day South Africa.…”

Section: Impoverished Rural Livelihoods In South Africamentioning

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“…). The reasons for this are numerous, but key factors include the legacy of colonialism and apartheid, which inhibited African entrepreneurship, various credit, information and skills deficits, and high infrastructure costs (Lund and Skinner ). Furthermore, these conditions exist in a context that combines developing‐country conditions with a powerful, and monopolistic, formal economy, which serves to effectively ‘crowd out’ economic opportunities for small or informal enterprises (Philip ; Neves et al.…”

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Rural Livelihoods inSouthAfrica: Complexity, Vulnerability and Differentiation

Neves

Toit

2012

Journal of Agrarian Change

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The livelihoods of South Africa's rural African poor have long been characterized by diverse activities, and intertwined with urban opportunities. This paper examines the interlinked nature of land, employment and rural livelihoods within contemporary South Africa, in order to examine aspects of how the rural poor survive. Drawing on a body of livelihood and poverty-oriented enquiry, several vignettes from South Africa's former 'homeland' communal areas are presented and discussed. Contemporary rural livelihoods are not only located in migratory networks and diverse livelihood activities, they are considered here as constituted in terms of four broad domains. First, they are forged within various land-based and agrarian activities. Second, they are often supported by small-scale, informal economic activities, both farm and non-farm. Third, they are frequently shaped by South Africa's comparatively well-developed system of state cash transfers and, fourth, they are patterned by culturally inscribed patterns of mutuality and social reciprocity. The complexity and vulnerability that typically characterize rural lives are examined in terms of these four domains, along with constellations of social differentiation with which they are intertwined. IntroductionThis paper draws on a body of livelihood and poverty enquiry to examine the livelihoods of South Africa's rural African poor. It seeks to help answer the question: how do South Africa's rural poor survive? Examining the interconnections among land, rural livelihoods and employment, the paper suggests that the answers to this question are, broadly, to be found in repertoires of productive activity (including agrarian activities) along with receipt of transfers, both public and private. These sources of livelihood-making are furthermore intertwined with widespread practices of mobility, which effectively connect rural dwellers to often distant locales and resources. The paper examines these sources of livelihood-making, the complexity and vulnerability that typically mark rural livelihoods, along with the constellations of social differentiation that these simultaneously reflect and reinforce.

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Section: Impoverished Rural Livelihoods In South Africamentioning

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Section: Understanding Rural Livelihoodsmentioning

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Rural Livelihoods inSouthAfrica: Complexity, Vulnerability and Differentiation

Neves

Toit

2012

Journal of Agrarian Change

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“…Schenck, Blaauw and Viljoen (2012), who conducted research on the waste pickers on landfill sites in the Free State, and Blaauw (2010), who researched the day labourers 1 in South Africa, also referred to the fact that the informal economy remains trapped at the hand-to-mouth subsistence level, with low-profit enterprises that are disconnected from the formal economy. Adding to the debate, Lund and Skinner (2004) attributed the fact that the informal economy in South Africa was still "underdeveloped" to the lack of education and skills, a mind-set or attitude towards the informal economy and policy challenges (Rogerson, 1996;South African Local Economic Development Network, 2013;Valodia & Devey, 2012). Furthermore, Blaauw (2010) and Schenck et al (2012) and the South African LED Network (2013) confirm that there are challenges in providing developmental and inclusive contexts that are conducive to the people in the informal economy being able to function.…”

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Enabling Factors for the Existence of Waste Pickers: A Systematic Review

Schenck¹,

Blaauw²,

Viljoen³

2016

SWORK

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The paper reports on a systematic review research process to determine the enabling factors for waste pickers to operate in the informal economy in South Africa. Twenty-eight South African journal articles, theses and position and policy papers were sourced and appraised. The results indicate that recognition of the waste pickers in the waste system is the most enabling factor for them to operate.

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“…Considérant que le simple fait de disposer d'un lieu sûr et salubre pour exercer son activité constitue une mesure de prévention, la municipalité de Durban, en Afrique du Sud, a lancé un processus participatif afin de toucher les travailleurs informels, en particulier les vendeurs de rue. L'objectif était de parvenir à une solution négociée, permettant de concilier la nécessité, pour la ville, d'assurer une gestion efficace et sûre des rues, et celle, pour les vendeurs, de disposer d'un espace sûr et salubre dans les secteurs animés de l'agglomération (Lund et Skinner, ). A Bogota, en Colombie, les collecteurs de déchets ont participé, par l'intermédiaire de leurs organisations officielles, à de longues négociations avec les services d'urbanisme au sujet de leur droit à collecter des déchets dans certaines rues de la ville et ont remporté la bataille en 2012.…”

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Lund

2012

Rev Int Securite Sociale

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Résumé A l'heure où le nombre de travailleurs informels augmente dans le monde entier, l'évolution de la structure mondiale de l'emploi et des lieux de travail fait de l'activité professionnelle une source de danger et de problèmes de santé pour nombre de travailleurs pauvres. Or, les travailleurs informels n'ont pas accès à la sécurité sociale liée à l'emploi. Bien qu'exposés à des risques importants du fait de leur activité professionnelle, ils n'ont que peu, voire pas accès à une protection sociale efficace, qu'elle soit formelle ou informelle. Les dispositifs de sécurité sociale qui s’adressent aux citoyens, comme les transferts monétaires, n'accordent pas suffisamment d'attention aux besoins des adultes valides exerçant une activité professionnelle. De plus, les lieux de travail informels ne sont pas visés par la santé et la sécurité au travail (SST) dans sa conception traditionnelle, volet indispensable de la sécurité sociale fondée sur le travail. Il est notamment très difficile pour les travailleurs informels de bénéficier d'éventuelles actions de prévention, ces actions risquant d'entraîner, à court terme, une perte de revenu. Pour que la SST soit accessible au plus grand nombre, il faut réformer son organisation institutionnelle et, en particulier, impliquer les autorités locales et les organisations de travailleurs informels, qui mettent actuellement en place des réseaux sectoriels internationaux influents. A cet égard, le présent article décrit des exemples prometteurs de réformes de la SST négociées, bénéficiant à la majorité de la population. Au‐delà, le défi à relever consiste à élaborer une conception plus large de la SST, qui s’adresse spécifiquement aux travailleurs informels en qualité de «travailleurs» plutôt qu'en tant que «citoyens fragiles» ne pouvant prétendre qu'à des dispositifs de protection sociale destinés à lutter contre la pauvreté, et qui comporte officiellement des actions de prévention.

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Integrating the informal economy in urban planning and governance: A case study of the process of policy development in Durban, South Africa

Cited by 43 publications

References 6 publications

Rural Livelihoods inSouthAfrica: Complexity, Vulnerability and Differentiation

Rural Livelihoods inSouthAfrica: Complexity, Vulnerability and Differentiation

Enabling Factors for the Existence of Waste Pickers: A Systematic Review

Pour une protection sociale liée au travail en faveur des travailleurs du secteur informel

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