Occupational Group: Street Vendors & Market Traders

‘An area that governs itself ’: Informality, uncertainty and the management of street vending in New York CityPlanning Theory

Laws governing street vending in New York City are confusing, convoluted, at times contradictory and difficult to enforce with any sort of...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Greater Monrovia

Street Trading

Urban Responses to Street Trading: India

This paper analyzes the situation of street vendors in big cities, the reasons for this informal sector that is continuously increasing as...

Why the Poor Need Property Rights

The contested spatialities of transnational activism: gendered gatekeeping and gender struggles in an African association of informal workers

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How to Plan a Street Trader Census

Street traders represent one of the largest and most visible segments of the informal economy, yet the actual number of street traders working...

Street Traders and their Organisations in South Africa

From the booklet, “The main aim of the research and booklet is to help build strong local and national organisations so that street...

Informal Commerce: Expansion and Exclusion in the Historic Centre of the Latin American City

Informal commerce, characterized by market and street trading activities, thrives in the central areas of many Latin American cities. Focusing...

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...