Occupational Group: Street Vendors & Market Traders

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedoras e vendedores ambulantes em Nakuru, Quênia

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Accra Metropolis

WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

Informal Cities and the Contestation of Public Space: The Case of Bogotá’s Street Vendors, 1988—2003Urban Studies

The resurgence of informal street trading poses serious challenges for local officials responsible for the maintenance of public space. This...

A ‘Wild West’ of trade? African women and men and the gendering of globalisation from below in GuangzhouIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power

Based on fieldwork in Guangzhou, this paper documents the activities of a group of African women traders, highlighting their role in constituting...

Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor

The chapters in this book analyse different types of membership based organizations of the poor (MBOP). The book is characterised by a conviction...

Sustainable Urban Livelihoods and Marketplace Social Capital: Crisis and Strategy in Petty Trade

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Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19

Durban Street Traders

This report provides a disaggregated analysis of known street vendors in the eThekwini Municipality by type of area, with further disaggregation...

Reconfiguring Space, Mobilizing Livelihood: Street Vending, Legality, and Work in the Philippines

In the Philippines, the liberalization of the country’s economy has meant increasing rural to urban migration and dramatic growth in informal...