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  • A market trader at her stall in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Paula Bronstein/ Getty Images Post
    Statistics March 20, 2025

    Street Vendors and Market Traders in 12 Countries: Key Facts

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    January 31, 2025

    A Year in Street Vendor Trends, and What To Watch in 2025

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  • A street vendor in Mexico City prepares fresh watermelon and bananas for customers at a bustling outdoor market Post
  • A young woman assisting three students as they work on desktop computers in a training center. Post
    Formalization December 04, 2024

    What the Digitalization of Formalization Efforts Means for Workers in Informal Employment

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  • Home-based worker, Tanzania, Uganda Post
    Building Collective Power August 16, 2024

    Why African Craft Makers Should Understand Supply Chains Better

    African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could...

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  • Resilient workers in New York City's informal economy Post
    Access to Public Space July 29, 2024

    How Recyclers and Vendors in New York City are Challenging Big Money to Build a Better City for Working People

    By keeping corporations accountable for the waste they produce and providing affordable goods and services to working class people, recyclers...

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  • Members of MTE hold a demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina Post

    Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre

    It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they...

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  • A garment worker stitches in Tiruppur, India, during the Covid-19 pandemic Post

    The Devil Is in the Detail: The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability and Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains

    How close collaboration between homeworker organizations and key allies secured a huge victory: for the first time, EU legislation on corporate...

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