Danielle Resnick, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
By better understanding the politics and governance of African cities and variations across cities, we can identify feasible opportunities to improve informal traders’ livelihoods.
While street vendors work in plain sight, they are “off the map” in the eyes of city officials and planners.
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Street vendors are the most visible of the people who work in the informal sector – up to half the urban workforce in cities like Manila – but whose needs and rights receive no official recognition.
A vendor at the Sigida Market, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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New research shines light on whether creating such a haven as a new type of exchange that slows trading down a bit could attract enough traders to be effective.
The informal economy represents about 72% of total employment in sub-Saharan Africa.
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