Street Vendors & Market Traders

Survey of Research on Street Vendors in Asia

A Review Commissioned by WIEGO

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

This paper considers whether national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal economy workers – particularly...

‘World Class Cities for All’: Street traders as agents of union revitalization in contemporary South AfricaLabour, Capital and Society

AbstractEngaging with recent scholarly debates on the challenges of labour movement revitalization in both the global North and South, this...

African Women in Food Processing: A Major, But Still Underestimated Sector of Their Contribution to the National Economy

Paper prepared for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

El Progreso de las Mujeres en el Mundo 2005: Mujeres, Trabajo, y Pobreza

Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici   Más información está disponible en el sitio web de UN Women. ...

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Law, Rights and Regulation for Street Vending in Globalising Ahmedabad

Abstract: This working paper forms part of the research project, Making Space for the Poor: Law, Rights, Regulation and Street-Trade in the...

Why Evictions Do Not Deter Street Traders: Case Study in Accra, GhanaGhana Social Science Journal

Abstract: Like many major cities in developing countries, Accra faces increasing congestion of vehicles, pedestrians and traders around its...