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  • Journal Articles

    Community Unionism in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

    Abstract:

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru

    Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade...

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  • Journal Articles

    Health and Sanitation is an Economic Right as Well–Just Ask Ghanaian Food Sellers

    WIEGO Researcher Laura Alfers investigates the chop bar owners of Accra. Whereas governments are quick to scapegoat them for diseases borne...

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  • Research Reports

    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.  

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  • Journal Articles

    Formal Versus Informal Allocation of Land in a Commons: The Case of the Macarthur Park Sidewalk Vendors

    Analyzing patterns of formal and informal property rights among sidewalk vendors in the United States.

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  • Research 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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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

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  • Journal Articles

    Legal reforms for the self-employed: three urban cases

    Four out of five urban workers in modern India are engaged in the informal economy, and half of these are self-employed. This article examines...

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  • Journal Articles

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    A new generation of Bangkok Street vendors: Economic crisis as opportunity and threatCities

    In 1997, the financial crisis seriously damaged the Thai economy and led to the closing of many companies. Previously, it had been believed...

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