Street Vendors & Market Traders

The Legal Regulation of Street Vendors in New York City

This paper looks into the legal status of street vendors in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s and illustrates that despite persistent...

Accra: Market, Street Traders & Headload Porter’s Health & Safety

A survey undertaken in Accra, Ghana, investigated the main occupational health and access to healthcare challenges faced by market traders,...

SEWA Academy website

SEWA Academy is the focal point for all of SEWA’s training, capacity building, research and communication efforts. SEWA Academy functions...

WIEGO MBO Newsletter April 2012

Boletim WIEGO das Organizações de Base Agosto 2012

Boletim WIEGO para as Organizações de Base de Trabalhadores Informais, agosto 2012  

Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce – Fact Sheet

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui.Informe disponible en español aquí. 

Role of CBO in Social Protection – SEWA’s Experience

This presentation shares information about Social Protection work by SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association).

Government Resource: New York City General Vendor License Page

New York City webpage on general vendor license applications (does not apply to food vendors, art vendors, or First Amendment vendors)

Lettre d’Information OBA de WIEGO décembre 2013

Une newsletter de WIEGO aux organisations de travailleurs informels basées sur leurs adhérents (OBA),  décembre 2013  

Weekly LEDNA Newsletter May 16 2014

As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...