Occupational Group: Street Vendors & Market Traders

We Need to Start Respecting Informal Workers

In the midst of rapid urbanization, the question of whether and how to formalize the informal economy is a growing concern.

Why Evictions Do Not Deter Street Traders: Case Study in Accra, GhanaGhana Social Science Journal

Abstract: Like many major cities in developing countries, Accra faces increasing congestion of vehicles, pedestrians and traders around its...

Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana (Working Paper)

This paper investigates ways in which linkages between the informal and formal segments of an economy yield benefits to, or impose costs...

Sidewalk Informality: An Examination of Street Vending Regulation in ChinaInternational Planning Studies

Street vending represents a vital and growing aspect of the urban informal economy that is often the subject of municipal regulatory efforts...

Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa

Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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The Struggle for the Streets: Processes of Exclusion and Inclusion of Street Traders in Durban, South Africa

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

Community Unionism in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

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India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...