Urban Planning and Design

Informal workers on the frontlines of COVID-19: Providing critical services without adequate protections and pay

Although many informal workers are now considered to be “essential workers,” that was not always the case. Before the crisis, ongoing harassment...

Key Considerations: COVID-19 in Informal Urban Settlements (March 2020)

This brief sets out key considerations for protecting informal urban settlements from the spread and impacts of COVID-19. There is heightened...

Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective

This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent...

Interview with Caroline Skinner on Street Vendors and Public Space for WIEGO Blog

Caroline Skinner, WIEGO’s Urban Research Director, discusses the launch of our new e-book, Street Vendors and Public Space: Essential...

Podcast Interview: Caroline Skinner on Street Vendors and Public Space

In this podcast interview with Urban Research Director Caroline Skinner, she discusses WIEGO’s new e-book, Street Vendors and Public...

Street Vendors and Public Space: An interactive e-book

Through photography and text, this e-book offers an in-depth look at the important role street vendors play in cities, the challenges they...

Street Vendor Exclusion in “Modern” Market Planning: A Case Study from Kumasi, Ghana

C40-CCAC Waste Systems webinar

• January 16, 2020

Integrating the informal sector in solid waste management plans WIEGO’s Waste Picker Specialist, Dr. Sonia Dias led a webinar that...

In a New York neighborhood, it’s the rich pushing out street vendors, not the majority

“Lin’s” BBQ cart was once a busy operation in the center of downtown Flushing, a prosperous and predominately East Asian neighborhood in...

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...