Street Vendors & Market Traders

Informal Cities and the Contestation of Public Space: The Case of Bogotá’s Street Vendors

Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

The Exclusion of Street Traders from the Benefits of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa

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

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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...

How Street Vendors and Urban Planners Can Work Together

Sally Roever, WIEGO Urban Research Director, shows how an inclusive attitude towards street vendors and an understanding of how they fit...

Sin Colchón que Amortigüe la Caída: La Crisis Económica Global y los Trabajadores de la Economía Informal

Report available in English here. Informe disponible en español aquí. Fact Sheet available in English here. Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...

Street Vendors in Ahmedabad: Status, Contribution and Challenges

From the preface: “This Working Paper forms part of the research project, Making Space for the Poor: Law, Rights, Regulation and Street-Trade...

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Ahmedabad’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations