Street Vendors & Market Traders

Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Informal workers in Kenya and transnational organizing: Networking and leveraging resources

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Organising Street Vendors: “Gente de Confiar” Radio Progamme, Lima, Peru

An authentically democratic community requires open channels of communication between citizens. Street markets offer a natural setting for...

Securing Livelihoods: A Gendered Analysis of Support Interventions available to Street Traders in the Durban Metropolitan Area

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.  

The Informal Sector in Ghana

Overview of the informal sector in Ghana, with a focus on domestic workers, street vendors, and head porters

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Vendedoras e vendedores ambulantes em Nakuru, Quênia

Executive Summary-Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

This report examines street vending in Durban, South Africa. The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) seeks to provide credible, grounded...

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana

About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because...

Street Food: Culture, Economy, Health, and Governance

Prepared foods, for sale in streets, squares or markets, are ubiquitous around the world and throughout history. This volume is one of the...