Urban Planning and Design

The Regularising State

This article discusses a form of informality widely prevalent in small and medium cities in Maharashtra, called gunthewari. It is an examination...

Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade

Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.

Street Vendors and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

If Street Food Disappears — Projecting the Cost for Consumers in Bangkok

The Exclusion of Street Traders from the Benefits of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

Street Vendors in the Global Urban Economy

Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

The bulk of Pakistan’s workforce is unorganized, and the data available do not depict the true picture, particularly of the number of women...