Street Vendors & Market Traders

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Vending in Public Space: The Case of Bangkok

This brief reviews cultural, economic, political and other broad social foundations of vending in Bangkok’s public space. It also examines...

Claiming the Streets: Property Rights and Legal Empowerment in the Urban Informal Economy

This paper looks at the concept of law and urban development with a focus on property rights and land, exploring the potential collective...

Eking out a living: the livelihood implications of urban space regulation on street hawking in Accra, Ghana

Abstract: Street hawking as a source of livelihood across the developing world has often raised a lot of concerns regarding hygiene, slum,...

Urban Markets in Lagos, Nigeria

An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with...

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

Street Vending and Public Policy: A Global Review

This journal article provides a general contemporary overview of street vending around the world, with a focus on “the major issues...

A Review of Street Trade in Africa

University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies. A review commissioned by Women in Informal Employment Globalising and Organising...

Why the Poor Need Property Rights

Street vending in urban India: The struggle for recognition

Abstract: