Occupational Group: Street Vendors & Market Traders

Executive Summary-Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

This report examines street vending in Durban, South Africa. The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) seeks to provide credible, grounded...

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana

About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because...

Extending Occupational Health and Safety to Urban Street Vendors: Reflections From a Project in Durban, South Africa

Abstract: This article focuses on an action-research project which is attempting to extend occupational health and safety to a group of street...

Gender Fictions and Gender Tensions Involving “Traditional” Asante Market Women.African Studies Quarterly

This paper analyses the changing relations between organised women market traders and rulers in a West African context, from a distant past...

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

VIDEO: Makola Market Vendors on the Challenge of Fires

Vendors of the Makola Market purchased fire extinguishers to be able to react quickly to fires in the market.

Building Voice, Visibility and Validity

Informal workers who are partners of the Inclusive Cities Project list their accomplishments since the project’s inception in 2008. ...

The Inner Thekwini Regeneration and Urban Management Programme (iTRUMP): Warwick Junction Experience

Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor

WIEGO Brochure (français)

              Available in English here.

StreetNet Newsletter Issue 25