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Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors

By on April 01, 2014

This is the Executive Summary of the full Sector Report that synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five cities:

  • Accra, Ghana
  • Ahmedabad, India
  • Durban, South Africa
  • Lima, Peru
  • Nakuru, Kenya

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The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect conditions of work in the urban informal economy in 10 cities over time. Specifically, it examines how informal workers are affected by, and respond to, macroeconomic trends, urban policies and practices, value chain dynamics, and other economic and social forces. Learn more about the Informal Economy Monitoring Study.

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