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"Street Vendors and the city" is the fourth episode in a radio series on informal workers in Delhi, produced by WIEGO and originally aired on FM Rainbow.
Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s street vendors. This article examines the effects of institutional changes brought about by the NRM’s efforts to monopolize power in the city, arguing that the...
About SFCP, from their website: The San Francisco Bay Area is home to a wonderfully innovative local street food culture that is growing extremely quickly through its combination of technology and mobile, sustainable, food. The SF Cart Project seeks to complement the research of people interested in...
From the SVP website: The Street Vendor Project is a membership-based project with more than 1,500 active vendor members who are working together to create a vendors’ movement for permanent change. SVP is part of the Urban Justice Center .
This website has information about SEWA Delhi's work with informal workers including construction workers, domestic workers, and street vendors.
In an interview with Pamhidzai H. Bamu , WIEGO’s Africa Coordinator for the Law Programme, we discuss “administrative action” — actions or decisions by the executive arm of national, provincial or local governments — that impact informal workers and the area of law called administrative law, which...
This document outlines the policy for renting and leading stalls in the hawker centers in Singapore.
This document outlines the by-laws for street trading in the City of Pietermaritzburg.
This document outlines the by-laws relating to street trading in the city of Port Elizabeth.
This document contains the conditions that informal traders mut comply with when trading in Ekurhuleni.
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.