Street Vendors & Market Traders

Contested Space: Street Trading, Public Space, and Livelihoods in Developing Cities

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Integrating the Informal Economy in Urban Planning and Governance: A Case Study of the Process of Policy Development in Durban, South Africa

Urban Planning for the Working Poor

Background Note for the HABITAT Jam, December 1-4, 2005

Challenging city imaginaries: Street traders’ struggles in Warwick Junction

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“Glocal” Movements: Place Struggles and Transnational Organizing by Informal Workers

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Organising Street Vendors: “Gente de Confiar” Radio Progamme, Lima, Peru

An authentically democratic community requires open channels of communication between citizens. Street markets offer a natural setting for...

Securing Livelihoods: A Gendered Analysis of Support Interventions available to Street Traders in the Durban Metropolitan Area

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.  

Informal Traders and Planners in the Regeneration of Historic City Centres: The Case of Quito, Ecuador

A major reason for the regeneration of historic city centres in developing countries is the possibility of benefiting from the growing mobility...

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...