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Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

By on September 01, 2013

This document provides policy recommendations on street vending – one of three sectors (along with home-based work and waste picking) explored as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study – in Nakuru, Kenya. It features the perspectives of women and men who are members of the Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT) and who trade in the Central Business District, both within and outside “the stage” – a confluence of bus stops/ stages with heavy foot traffic in central Nakuru.

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WIEGO. Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations. , , . WIEGO, 2013. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IEMS-Nakuru-Street-Vendors-Policy-Recommendations.pdfWIEGO. (2013). Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations. , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IEMS-Nakuru-Street-Vendors-Policy-Recommendations.pdfWIEGO. "Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations." WIEGO, 2013, .WIEGO. "Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations." (2013). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IEMS-Nakuru-Street-Vendors-Policy-Recommendations.pdfWIEGO 2013, 'Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations', , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IEMS-Nakuru-Street-Vendors-Policy-Recommendations.pdf WIEGO, 'Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations' (2013). WIEGO. Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations. . 2013. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IEMS-Nakuru-Street-Vendors-Policy-Recommendations.pdfWIEGO. Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Nakuru’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations. . 2013. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IEMS-Nakuru-Street-Vendors-Policy-Recommendations.pdf

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