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Toolkits and Guides
Street Traders and their Organisations in South Africa
From the booklet, “The main aim of the research and booklet is to help build strong local and national organisations so that street...
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Journal Articles
Informal Commerce: Expansion and Exclusion in the Historic Centre of the Latin American City
Informal commerce, characterized by market and street trading activities, thrives in the central areas of many Latin American cities. Focusing...
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City/Country Level Reports
Financial Accessibility of the Street Vendors in India: Cases of Inclusion and Exclusion
From the Executive Summary: “Street vendors are one of the most marginalised, poor as well as vulnerable sectors of the urban informal...
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Books & Book Chapters
Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade
Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.
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Journal Articles
“We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban Forum
Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing...
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Journal Articles
Informal Urbanism in the USA: New Challenges for Theory and PracticePlanning Theory and Practice
Devlin describes the case of immigrant food vendors in an area of Brooklyn and how as they became more popular with better off New Yorkers...
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City/Country Level Reports
“The Poor Also Must Live!” Market Demolition, Gentrification and the Quest for Survival in Lagos State
Report on demolition of traditional open markets, as part of the State government programme to develop Lagos into a “mega city”. This...
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Journal Articles
Street Vending and Public Policy: A Global Review
This journal article provides a general contemporary overview of street vending around the world, with a focus on “the major issues...
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Research Reports
A Review of Street Trade in Africa
University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies. A review commissioned by Women in Informal Employment Globalising and Organising...
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Global Reports
No Cushion to Fall Back On – Executive Summary
Report available in English here.Informe disponible en español aquí.Fact Sheet available in English here.Ficha Técnica disponible en español...
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