Street Vendors & Market Traders

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

Informal Workers and the Law

WIEGO works with four main occupational groups of informal workers: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers....

En un barrio de Nueva York, contra la voluntad de la mayoría, los ricos expulsan a las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes

El carrito de barbacoa de Lin solía ser un negocio popular en el centro de Flushing, un barrio próspero en Queens, Nueva York, con una población...

Dans un quartier de New York, contre la volonté de la plupart des résidents, les riches expulsent les vendeuses et vendeurs de rue

La charrette à grillades de Lin était autrefois une activité très achalandée au centre-ville de Flushing, un quartier prospère et à prédominance...