Street Vendors & Market Traders

Sumário Executivo Vendedoras Ambulantes em Ahmedabad, na Índia

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...

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 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...

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

Clandestine Geometries: Mapping Street Vending in Downtown São Paulo

Seen but not heard: Urban voice and citizenship for street traders

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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...

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...