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Abstract: This chapter examines street vending in two border cities, El Paso, USA, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Focus is on the relations between the vendors and the municipal government. Street vendors’ associations are discussed in this context, however, their organizational structures or strategies...
Field Forum, Issue 15
FIELD (The Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination) is a program of the Aspen Institute.
FIELD Program (Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination)
Abstract: Most research on the informal economy concentrates on how the informal economy operates at the international and regional levels along with the formal economy and the state. This article departs from current research on the informal economy by looking at how the informal economy operates...
Field Forum, Issue 14
To provide consistent guidelines for vendors operating on public right of way in the City of Bend.
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.