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Livelihoods October 05, 2018Q&A: WIEGO’s New Urban Policies Director Talks Migration, 21st-century Cities and What Inspires Her Research
This week, we sit down with WIEGO’s new Urban Policies Programme Director, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, to learn more about her background and...
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Livelihoods September 07, 2018Bangkok’s renowned street vendors march against evictions – and rally widespread support
By Chidchanok Samantrakul and Sarah Orleans Reed After relentless evictions against their livelihoods, on 4th September 2018, Bangkok street...
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Livelihoods July 31, 2018Partnering with Street Vendors Led One Indian City to Model a Way Forward
Bhubaneshwar, India, provides a unique model for integrating street vendors into cities’ future plans. Through a highly collaborative and...
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Livelihoods June 21, 2018For Mayors: A Five-Step Guide to including Street Vendors in Global Cities
By Carlin Carr
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Livelihoods May 21, 2018As Bangkok Vendors Face Eviction, New York’s Offer Solidarity, Ideas
By Carlin Carr
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Livelihoods May 08, 2018“Take away these tolls”: How Accra’s poorest market workers got their wages back
By Carlin CarrAccra’s colorful, bustling markets run on the back-breaking labour of some of the city’s poorest and most vulnerable. Goods...
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Livelihoods February 06, 2018Across Peru, Municipalities are “Upgrading” Street Vendors to Roofed Markets. Is it Really Improving Conditions?
Municipalities across Peru have been employing a strategy to improve conditions for street vendors: support their movement from sellers on...
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Livelihoods December 18, 2017Creating “cities for all” requires more than one-size-fits-all regulation
Study shows informal workers in the Global South perceive regulations as being both positive and negativeFrom street vending permits to permissions...
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Livelihoods September 19, 2017What’s the legal recourse for street vendor evictions?
WIEGO’s law team discusses how administrative law can empower and protect informal workers in urban public spaces
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Livelihoods May 20, 2017Nothing for us without us: Participatory processes and the New Urban Agenda
Half the world’s population live in cities, and urban informal workers make important economic, social, and environmental contributions to...
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