Urban Planning and Design

Street Trading

Local Government in Transition – A Gendered Analysis of Trends in Urban Policy and Practice Regarding Street Trading in Five South African Cities

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 18

Deus é meu Despertador

Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...

How to Plan a Street Trader Census

Street traders represent one of the largest and most visible segments of the informal economy, yet the actual number of street traders working...

The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model

After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community...

O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

On the Charts, Off the Tracks: Disconnected Development in Ambur Town, Tamil Nadu Economic and Political Weekly

This paper on Ambur town of Tamil Nadu, an important hub for leather goods production, catering primarily to an international market, explores...

Street Vendors and the Right to the City

Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade também está disponível em Português.

Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

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

Including the Excluded: Supporting Informal Workers for More Equal and Productive Cities in the Global South

This World Resources Institute (WRI) paper examines the challenges facing the world’s urban informal workers and the barriers that exclusionary...