Programme: Urban Policies Programme

Including the Excluded: Supporting Informal Workers for More Equal and Productive Cities in the Global South

This World Resources Institute (WRI) paper examines the challenges facing the world’s urban informal workers and the barriers that exclusionary...

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

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Overview of Legal Framework for Social Inclusion in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

Street Trade in Africa: A Review

Despite the advances in modern retailing, millions of people throughout the world still make their living partly or wholly through selling...

Visão geral dos Instrumentos Legais para a Inclusão de Recicladores Informais na Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos no Brasil

The Informal Economy

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-based Workers in Bangkok, Thailand

Vending in Public Space: The Case of Bangkok

This brief reviews cultural, economic, political and other broad social foundations of vending in Bangkok’s public space. It also examines...

‘Life Has Educated Me’: Building Interpersonal Networks through the Jadibanagar Slum Upgrading Project

This study is a jointly produced outcome from the reflection and sharing of group participants in the Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP)....