Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

By:
Lissette Aliaga Linares
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  • Subtitle: WIEGO Statistical Brief No 16

A national household survey, in this case Peru’s  Encuesta Nacional de Hogares, provides unique data on street vendors and market traders.

Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru, WIEGO Statistical Brief No 16

 

Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also provides analysis of the comparative working conditions of street vendors and market traders which in turn sheds light on whether market trade provides a better livelihood than street vending. 

 

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