Street Vendors & Market Traders

Street Vendors: Frequently Asked Questions

A guide for journalists on key questions about street vendors.

Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...

Informal Politics: Street Vendors and the State in Mexico City

Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

Africa's Informal Workers. Collective Agency, Alliances and Transnational Organizing in Urban Africa

Rethinking Street Traders as a Promising Agent of Re-Empowering Labour Movement in Contemporary South Africa

Conference paper highlighting the WCCA Campaign in South Africa. 7th Global Labour University Conference, ‘The Politics of Labour and Development’,28-30...

Redefining rules: A market for public space in Caracas

Abstract:This book chapter discusses street vendors struggles for public space in Caracas, Venezuela. Street vendors‟ organisations are discussed...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...

Chapter 2 – Turning Warwick Around

A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,...