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The number of marketplaces in the United States is growing rapidly. This growth belies the long history of marketplaces and signals their reemergence as tools of planning practice. This article examines ways to plan marketplaces and how those strategies can help achieve various direct and indirect...
The book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil (waste pickers and street vendors at Porto Alegre, commercial agents and door-to-door sellers at Itapetininga and Nova Friburgo). Using the ethnographic approach, the author shows the social and economic...
In the last decade, several influential scholars have rigorously worked on the impact of neoliberal globalization on the poor in the cities of the South. But they have yet to provide a comprehensive account of how and why some groups in the margins are seen to successfully negotiate with the new...
Abstract: In this book, Ercüment Celik identifies street vendors as a bridge between trade unions and social movements. Relationships between street vendors‟ organisations in Durban, the shack dwellers movement, and COSATU – a South African trade union federation – are examined together with the...
An authentically democratic community requires open channels of communication between citizens. Street markets offer a natural setting for the daily give-and-take between sellers and buyers that is necessary for transactions to take place, but workers in street markets often lack reliable channels...
Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade in Lima dates back to 1594. For more than four centuries since then, street vendors have contributed to the local economy by providing affordable goods and...
This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice in the street trading sector
Une collectivité vraiment démocratique a besoin de canaux de communication ouverte entre les citoyens. Mais, qu’en est-il des travailleurs aux marchés de rue ? Bien que présents sur ces lieux naturels d’échanges quotidiens entre les vendeurs et les acheteurs, échanges pourtant nécessaires à toute...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.