Street Vendors & Market Traders

Bangkok’s Street Vending Ban: A Summary of the Research on the Social and Economic Impacts

Bangkok Street Vending Ban 2016

Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand

Dakar : après s’être mis dans la peau des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel, des avocats réévaluent les politiques

Les politiques ayant un impact sur la vie des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel sont rarement élaborées sur la base de la connaissance...

Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup

This literature survey draws together and synthesizes research that has been done on mega events, with a particular focus on the 2010 World...

Street Vendors: Frequently Asked Questions

A guide for journalists on key questions about street vendors.

Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...

Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment

Getting Institutions Right? Local Government and Street Traders in Four South African Cities

Criminalising the Livelihoods of the Poor: The impact of formalising informal trading on female and migrant traders in Durban

According to the author’s of this report, the policy of the eThekwini Municipality in South Africa on informal economy, encompassing informal...