Skip To Content
Research Reports

Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

By on May 29, 2001

This report is based on a study of hawkers and street vendors conducted in seven cities in India. It was initiated by the National Alliance of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and as such it is not merely an academic exercise in understanding the problems of this section of the work force. The purpose of this study is two-fold. Firstly, it tries to objectively understand the problems of street vendors in urban areas. Its scope is not restricted to street vendors alone but it tries to relate the profession in the wider urban context by examining the legal status of hawkers, their contribution to the urban economy, the problems they face, the perceptions of the urban population towards them, and the their position in urban society. Secondly, based on the above information this report attempts to examine and understand the problems faced by the street vendors and the possible means of overcoming these. Prepared for the National Alliance of Street Vendors of India

View list of all: Research Reports

Download the PDF(this link opens in new window)

Citation Information

Bhowmik, Sharit K. Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities. , , . NASVI, 2001. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bhowmik-Hawkers-URBAN-INFORMAL-SECTOR.pdfBhowmik, S. K. (2001). Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities. , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bhowmik-Hawkers-URBAN-INFORMAL-SECTOR.pdfBhowmik, Sharit K. "Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities." NASVI, 2001, .Bhowmik Sharit K. "Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities." (2001). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bhowmik-Hawkers-URBAN-INFORMAL-SECTOR.pdfBhowmik, S K 2001, 'Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities', , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bhowmik-Hawkers-URBAN-INFORMAL-SECTOR.pdfSharit K Bhowmik, 'Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities' (2001). Bhowmik S. K. Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities. . 2001. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bhowmik-Hawkers-URBAN-INFORMAL-SECTOR.pdfBhowmik, Sharit K. Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities. . 2001. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bhowmik-Hawkers-URBAN-INFORMAL-SECTOR.pdf

The WIEGO Research Library

WIEGO is at the forefront of developing statistics and research to help audiences understand the informal economy. Our library includes over two decades-worth of informal economy research, policy analysis, statistics and documentation of organizing efforts.