Urban Planning and Design

Street Trade in Africa: A Review

Despite the advances in modern retailing, millions of people throughout the world still make their living partly or wholly through selling...

Análise do Orçamento Público Diretamente Destinado a Alguns Setores da Economia Informal no Brasil

Health and Sanitation is an Economic Right as Well–Just Ask Ghanaian Food Sellers

WIEGO Researcher Laura Alfers investigates the chop bar owners of Accra. Whereas governments are quick to scapegoat them for diseases borne...

National Workshop on Urban Governance with Reference to Urban Poverty

A report of the proceedings of a national workshop organized by HomeNet Nepal, ActionAid International Nepal, Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj, Ministry...

We Need to Start Respecting Informal Workers

In the midst of rapid urbanization, the question of whether and how to formalize the informal economy is a growing concern.

Livelihood Strategies in African Cities: The Case of Residents in Bamenda

Abstract: This paper, in the African Review of Economics and Finance, analyses the livelihood strategies of residents in the city of Bamenda,...

Building Inclusive Cities: Highlights from the Inclusive Cities Project

This publication features case studies and profiles highlighting successful interventions by organizations of informal workers and includes...

Informal Cities and the Contestation of Public Space: The Case of Bogotá’s Street Vendors

Changes in Official Attitudes Towards Urban Agriculture in AccraAfrican Studies Quarterly

The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city

Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.