Street Vendors & Market Traders

India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...

How Street Vendors and Urban Planners Can Work Together

Sally Roever, WIEGO Urban Research Director, shows how an inclusive attitude towards street vendors and an understanding of how they fit...

Sem almofadas para amenizar o tombo – Sumário Executivo

Report available in English here. Informe disponible en español aquí. Fact Sheet available in English here. Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

Exposure Dialogue Programme – Personal Reflection

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Vending in Public Space: The Case of Bangkok

This brief reviews cultural, economic, political and other broad social foundations of vending in Bangkok’s public space. It also examines...

Planning and the Self-Organization of MarketplacesJournal of Planning Education and Research

The number of marketplaces in the United States is growing rapidly. This growth belies the long history of marketplaces and signals their...

The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, Nigeria

Abstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth...

The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode

Urban India is undergoing transformation as formal electoral politics increasingly favors the new middle class. Scholarship tends to compartmentalize...

Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa

Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...