Street Vendors & Market Traders

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Nakuru, Kenya

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

Walking and Cycling in Indian Cities: A Struggle for Reclaiming Road Edges

Working Life of Street Vendors in MumbaiThe Indian Journal Of Labour Economics

Abstract: Street vendors in Mumbai are among the most deprived sections of the self-employed workers. This paper tries to portray the ‘working...

Informal Institutions and Personal Rule in Urban GhanaAfrican Studies Review

Abstract: Contrary to expectations of modern democratic development, the establishment of liberal-democratic institutions in Ghana has not...

The Right to Work on the Street: Public Space and Constitutional Rights.Planning Theory

Do people have a right to work on the street? If so, what are the constraints and conditions attached to this right? Historically, municipal...

Addressing the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Needs of Informal Workers: Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This case study illustrates the efforts of two membership-based organizations of market traders and street vendors in the Greater Accra Metropolitan...

The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city

Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.

Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor

The chapters in this book analyse different types of membership based organizations of the poor (MBOP). The book is characterised by a conviction...

Street Vending and Public Policy: A Global Review

This journal article provides a general contemporary overview of street vending around the world, with a focus on “the major issues...

Urban Responses to Street Trading: India

This paper analyzes the situation of street vendors in big cities, the reasons for this informal sector that is continuously increasing as...