What does tax justice look like for street and market vendors?
What does tax justice look like for street and market vendors and in general for workers in the informal economy? Here are some critical considerations that can help guide a discussion.
Digitalisation of social protection: 4 key lessons learned
Various countries in the last years have worked on digitalising their social protection schemes. Such efforts significantly reduce the bureaucratic burden on authorities and have, in some instances, improved the accessibility of the schemes. In this article we present four lessons learnt, with examples from different regions, and we draw some preliminary conclusions on how […]
Call for Researchers: The Impact of Climate Change on Street Vendors in Cambodia, Laos, & Vietnam
StreetNet is now calling for experienced researchers for an exciting new project focusing on the impact of climate change on street vendors in the Asia region.
UNICAB Brasil consegue formalizar vendedores ambulantes em Porto Alegre
A UNICAB, afiliada da StreetNet no Brasil, protagonizou uma luta histórica por uma política de reconhecimento dos trabalhadores da economia informal. A Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre aprovou o “Projeto de Lei 042/23”, que tem como base jurídica e política a Recomendação 204 da OIT.
UNICAB Brazil succeeds in formalizing street vendors in Porto Alegre
StreetNet’s affiliate in Brazil, UNICAB, has been the protagonist of a historic struggle for a policy for the recognition of workers in the informal economy, in the framework of ILO Recommendation 204.
4 main ways technology impacted informal economy workers during the pandemic
A recent webinar at CSW67 featuring worker leaders and experts uncovered the main ways informal economy workers were impacted by technology during COVID-19. The period of lockdown and isolation during the COVID19 pandemic presented all workers with unprecedented challenges. Not only in their professional activities but also in their organizational and unionization strategies, in their […]
Improving the Street Vendors Act: Limitations and Gaps and way forward
About the author: Tuba Junaid is currently in her final year of a Masters’s in Public Policy at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She is a graduate of English literature and Economics from Aligarh Muslim University, India. Before coming to LKYSPP, she worked extensively in grassroots India establishing a […]
The Street Vendor Act in India: what is still to be achieved for women vendors
With this article we kick off a mini-series of analysis blog on the Street Vendors Act, an Indian legislation of 2014. This first episode is dedicated to the women vendors and the impact of this legislation on their livelihoods About the author: Tuba Junaid is currently in her final year of a Masters’s in Public […]
World Street Vendors: Economic Engine of our Cities, Continue to Battle for the Streets, with Little Access to Covid-19 Recovery Measures.
To understand the impact of the pandemic on street vendors around the world, over 600 international, national and local news articles published between July 2020 and November 2021 were analyzed. While in some places street vendors were recognized as essential service providers, they have continued to experience harassment in the form of violence, evictions and […]
