COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery
Abstract
This report presents the Durban, South Africa, findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that was conducted mid-2021 to assess how specific groups of informal workers and their households were experiencing COVID-19 resurgences and ongoing economic strains, and to what extent (if any) they had recovered. South Africa has a relatively small informal economy in comparison to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa.