Programme: Urban Policies Programme

Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana (Working Paper)

This paper investigates ways in which linkages between the informal and formal segments of an economy yield benefits to, or impose costs...

If Street Food Disappears — Projecting the Cost for Consumers in Bangkok

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...

Integração de Trabalhadores Informais na Coleta Seletiva de Recicláveis: o Caso de Belo Horizonte, Brasil

Esta nota informativa traz uma análise mais detalhada sobre a gênese e os elementos chaves da política pública voltada para a integração...

Informalisation and the Reconfiguration of Labour Relations in the Durban Clothing Industry

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Nakuru, Kenya

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Trabalhadoras e Trabalhadores Domiciliares em Bangcoc, na Tailândia

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...