Occupational Group: Street Vendors & Market Traders

Videos: Launch event for SERI & SALGA publication “Informal Trade in South Africa”

WIEGO’s Urban Research Director Caroline Skinner spoke at the launch event for this publication in Johannesburg, produced by Socio-Economic...

Organising Street Vendors in Liberia: Workshop Report

En temps de crise, les organisations de base réinventent la pratique démocratique

Aux quatre coins du monde, les normes démocratiques sont menacées et les conséquences à long terme s’annoncent graves. Les travailleuses...

In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings

Inadequate infrastructure – particularly related to clean water and toilets – and the cost of accessing these takes a heavy toll...

WIEGO MBO Newsletter

Our MBO (Membership-based Organization) Newsletter series has been revived, with a new format featuring shorter and more focused stories. ...

Street Vendors in Lima, Peru

Every formalization process benefits those who have money. The ones who are left behind are the ones who cannot pay. – Gloria Solórzano,...

Accra Street Traders Make Their Concerns Heard by Municipal Officials

In March 2013, a Policy Dialogue was held in Accra, Ghana between informal street traders and officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly...

Rethinking Formalization

The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation,...

Street Vendors