scholarly journals Street Businesses in Addis Ababa: Causes, Consequences and Administrative Interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 69-92
Author(s):  
Jemal Abagissa
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
Direct Government

Street vending has long been a source of debate among development economists. It has been argued that direct government intervention that aids this sector will encourage rural to urban migration. Others have argued that this sector deserves government help as often more than 50% of the urban labour force is employed by this sector. This study is designed to assess the causes, consequences and administrative interventions of street vending in Addis Ababa with particular reference to Yeka sub-city. Data were collected from randomly selected samples of 330 street vendors, 14 code enforcers and 9 government officials through questionnaires and interview of key respondents. The finding shows most of the traders came from outside Addis Ababa in search of jobs. Street vending proliferated as a way of life and a coping mechanism adopted by those economically under privileged segment of the society. Factors that led to street vending were complex and varied. According to the findings, absence of opportunity in the formal sector was the main factor that led the operators to street vending. This is followed by the need to support their family and themselves. The authorities stated that unless managed well street vending will have negative impact on traffic movement, encroach on public space and create unfair completion with formal businesses. To mitigate these problems the city administration has issued street vending regulation No. 5 in 2018 so that specific vending plots are allocated and the vendors need to do their business legally and those who fail to follow the rules will be dealt with by the law.

scholarly journals Street Vendors Hypergrowth: Consequence of Uncontrolled Urbanization In Semarang City

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sariffuddin Sariffuddin ◽  
Hadi Wahyono ◽  
Brotosunaryo Brotosunaryo
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Depth Interview

This paper aims to understand the role of urbanization in the emergence of in urban area street vendors. In the case of Semarang, more than 54% of its street vendors come from its hinterlands. These sectors turn to development dichotomy that have a positive and negative impact. Positively, this area becomes peoples economic resilience. In the negative side, more than 60% of vendors make their stall in the public space. This research uses a mix-method approach taking 271 samples, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and in-depth interview. From this study, it can be concluded that urbanization has led to the outbreak of street vendors through (1) rural-urban migration, and (2) social change as a result of gentrification. Working as street vendors turned out to be an alternative way of life to adapt to global economic uncertainty. Also, there are 71.6% of street vendors open their stalls in 2003-2009, or about 6-7 years after the monetary crisis (1997). It shows that the financial crisis is not the primary trigger for the outbreak of street vendors. Another interesting finding is that there is a new phenomenon in the form of the intervention of the middle class who took part in this business.

scholarly journals Raumaneignungen, Regeln und Profite in Dhakas Feld des Straßenhandels – Sozialgeographische Erklärungsversuche auf Grundlage von Bourdieus Theorie der Praxis

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Etzold
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Social Geography ◽  
The State ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
Theory Of Practice ◽  
Urban South ◽  
Spatial Appropriation

Abstract. The paper discusses street vendors' spatial appropriations and the governance of public space in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The much debated question in social geography how people's position in social space relates to their position in physical space (and vice versa) stands at the centre of the analysis. I use Bourdieu's Theory of Practice to discuss this dialectic relation at two analytical levels. On a micro-political level it is shown that the street vendors' social positions and the informal rules of the street structure their access to public space and thus determine their "spatial profits". At a macro-political level, it is not only the conditions inside the "field of street vending" that matter for the hawkers, but also their relation to the state-controlled "field of power". The paper demonstrates that Bourdieu's key ideas can be linked to current debates about spatial appropriation and informality. Moreover, I argue that Bourdieu's theory builds an appropriate basis for a relational, critical, and reflexive social geography in the Urban South.

Incorporating Media in Promoting Lifelong Learning Among Street Vendors in Ghana

2019 ◽  
pp. 167-188
Author(s):  
Isaac Kofi Biney
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Business Policy ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
Inclusive Business ◽  
Effective Collaboration ◽  
The Government ◽  
Learning As A Process

This chapter explores media promotion of lifelong learning among street vendors in Ghana. It looks at conceptual frameworks underpinning street vending and the relevance of media in empowering street vendors. It also examines challenges involved in street vending and strategies in integrating street vending into the formal sector of the economy of Ghana. The contributions of media in empowering street vendors and learning as a process of lifelong learning fashion are also discussed. Issues emerging from street vending and recommendations are discussed. The chapter concludes that the Government of Ghana should develop all-inclusive business policy to accelerate formalization of informal enterprises. Street vendors should also build strong front, and leadership, to foster effective collaboration and partnership with media houses to aid in deepening lifelong learning drive in Ghana.

scholarly journals Street vending in the Eastern Cape: Survival strategy or conduit to entrepreneurship?

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Mahadea
Keyword(s):  
Informal Economy ◽  
Survival Strategy ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Survival Mode ◽  
Economic Growth Rates

Although South Afiica consistently registered positive economic growth rates since the democratic government took office in 1994, this economic expansion has not been accompanied by a surge of new formal sector jobs. The public and private sectors have been shedding labour, partly in response to globalisation and domestic economic realities. Consequently, more and more individuals are taking to street vending to create jobs for themselves. This article examines the dynamics of street vending and investigates whether it is merely a survival mode of existence or a conduit to formal entrepreneurship. The results of the study indicate that only 15 per cent of the surveyed operators may graduate to formal entrepreneurship in the medium or long term. It seems highly unlikely that a substantial number of high profile entrepreneurs would emerge from this mass of survivalist traders. For most street traders, the informal economy is not a conduit to entrepreneurship, but a survival strategy. From a development perspective, the way forward for street vendors is to transform their ventures into more value-adding operations that can provide sustainable livelihoods for themselves, and in due course jobs for others.

scholarly journals Streets as Public Spaces: Lessons from Street Vending in Ahmedabad, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prithvi Deore ◽  
Saumya Lathia
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Definition Of

Public spaces go beyond the typical definition of being an open space. They reflect the diversity and vibrancy of the urban fabric and hold the power to create memories. Among all public spaces, streets emerge as the most public. Streets are engines of economic activities, social hubs, and platforms for civic engagement. They break socio-economic divides and foster social cohesion. Planning, designing, and managing better public spaces have become important global discussions. Sustainable Development Goals (8 and 11) and the New Urban Agenda emphasize the significance of inclusive and sustainable economy and safe, accessible and quality public spaces for all. The proposed article uses the case of street vending to understand the manifestation of these goals in an Indian context by assessing street vendors’ role in Ahmedabad’s urban fabric through extensive spatial analysis of 4,000 vendors at four different time points of the day, perception studies of their clientele disaggregated by gender, income and age, and their relationship with surrounding land-use and street hierarchy. It showcases how street vendors make the streets more vibrant by increasing activities, safer through ensuring inflow of people, and inclusive in its true sense by allowing people from different backgrounds to participate in the exchange of goods and services. It further argues that street vendors are vital elements of more equitable and exciting streets and public space.

scholarly journals POLA AKTIVITAS RUANG PUBLIK DI TAMAN SIRING TENDEAN BANJARMASIN

Jurnal Socius ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syahriani Purnamasari
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social

AbstractThe study is purposed to describe: (1) the pattern of activity in the Siring Tendean Park was dominantly carried out by the people who did economic activities. Because there are many street vendors (PKL) and floating market traders who were selling on weekends. Cultural activities, such as the cultural attractions and river trails, shown the characteristics of Banjar culture. Social activities are the community that conducts activities and visitors who interact, recreation and sports in Taman Siring Tendean, as well as students for educational activities. (2) The perceived benefits in terms of economy are the land for floating market traders, street vendors (PKL), and boat drivers (Kelotok) to develop their businesses. The social benefits are also felt by the community and visitors because they can communicate and avoid anti-social attitudes. Cultural benefits for actors of cultural attractions can provide a place for them to express themselves. Health benefits are able to blend in with nature and reduce stress level and also encouraging someone to do physical activities. The benefits of recreation are for refreshing and relaxing (3) The positive impact of the existence of Siring Tendean Park, namely that the economic impact can increase people income, social impacts can be used as a place for people interaction, self expression and recreation, the health effects is people can do some sport activitity and the cultural impact can preserve culture Banjar. While, the perceived negative impact is the amount of garbage, there is any conflict between traders and Satpol PP and conflicts between visitors.Keywords: activity, public space, siring tendean parkAbstrakTujuan penelitian mendeskripsikan; (1) pola aktivitas di Taman Siring Tendean dominan dilakukan oleh orang-orang yang melakukan kegiatan ekonomi. Karena ada banyak pedagang kaki lima (PKL) dan pedagang pasar terapung yang berjualan di akhir pekan. Kegiatan budaya, seperti atraksi budaya dan jalur sungai, menunjukkan karakteristik budaya Banjar. Kegiatan sosial adalah komunitas yang melakukan kegiatan dan pengunjung yang berinteraksi, rekreasi dan olahraga di Taman Siring Tendean, serta siswa untuk kegiatan pendidikan. (2) Manfaat yang dirasakan dalam hal ekonomi adalah tanah bagi pedagang pasar terapung, pedagang kaki lima (PKL), dan pengemudi perahu (Kelotok) untuk mengembangkan bisnis mereka. Manfaat sosial juga dirasakan oleh masyarakat dan pengunjung karena mereka dapat berkomunikasi dan menghindari sikap anti-sosial. Manfaat budaya bagi pelaku atraksi budaya dapat memberikan tempat bagi mereka untuk mengekspresikan diri. Manfaat kesehatan dapat menyatu dengan alam dan mengurangi tingkat stres dan juga mendorong seseorang untuk melakukan aktivitas fisik. Manfaat rekreasi adalah untuk menyegarkan dan bersantai (3) Dampak positif dari keberadaan Taman Siring Tendean, yaitu bahwa dampak ekonomi dapat meningkatkan pendapatan masyarakat, dampak sosial dapat digunakan sebagai tempat untuk interaksi orang, ekspresi diri dan rekreasi, dampak kesehatannya adalah orang dapat melakukan beberapa kegiatan olahraga dan dampak budaya dapat melestarikan budaya Banjar. Sementara, dampak negatif yang dirasakan adalah jumlah sampah, ada konflik antara pedagang dan Satpol PP dan konflik antara pengunjung.Kata Kunci: aktivitas, ruang publik, taman tendean siring 

“Recovering” public space and race: Afro-Colombian street vendors in Bogotá, Colombia

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Munoz
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Social ◽  
Black Bodies

Bogotá, Colombia is one of the largest migrant-receiving cities in the Americas, and in the last two decades, the city has received an influx of over one million people displaced by internal violent political conflicts. Currently, the Afro-Colombian population constitutes approximately 10% of the total population, but continues to be highly concentrated in the lowest socioeconomic strata in the Pacific region of Colombia. Informal vending in Bogotá is comprised of primarily rural and/or internally displaced migrants, including Afro-Colombians and indigenous populations who journey to large urban centers in search of better education and income opportunities and a higher quality of life. In this paper, I argue that Afro-Colombians endure higher marginality and discrimination as street vendors than self-identified as mestizos. Thus, Black bodies are multiple marked by discourses of crime, displacement, and undesirability in public spaces. In addition, street vending in Bogotá is understood by urban scholars as well as the local state as a classed struggle, this understanding through class effectively deracializes the informal vending landscape, while also further reifying the invisibility of Black racialized bodies in Bogotá’s equality discourses. The failure to recognize the diverse racial makeup of informal vendors and understanding these struggles only through class obscure the social and economic realities encountered by racialized bodies in public space.

Decriminalize Street Vending: Reform and Social Justice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Dunn
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Space ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Racial Profiling ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
The Great Recession

This chapter outlines how race- and class-based stratification and criminalization shape New York City’s street vending industry. The vast majority of New York’s street vendors are first generation immigrants of color who experience racial profiling for turning urban public space into their workplace. Since the Great Recession, a small but growing class of native-born and highly educated actors have been able to enter this profoundly criminalized industry with comparative ease largely due to class and race privileges, spurring gentrification through the city’s underground food permit rental market. The author argues that any meaningful reform of New York’s broken system of street vending oversight must directly engage these inequities and work to decriminalize poor and working class street vendors of color through a participatory and inclusive process rooted in principles of social justice.

Street Vendors Claiming Respect and Dignity in the Neoliberal City

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Victoria Quiroz-Becerra
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Free Enterprise ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Grassroots Organizing ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
The City

This chapter examines grassroots organizing around street vending in New York City since 2003, with particular emphasis on the debates surrounding vending in the city and the ways in which the issue has been framed by both activists and government officials. It begins with a discussion of the claims of street vendors within the context of neoliberal forms of urban governance and their contestation, asking how they work within and contest neoliberal forms of governance. It then considers two main issues faced by street vendors in New York City, one related to enforcement of street-vending rules and regulations, the other related to licensing and permits. It takes a look at one organization, Esperanza del Barrio, to find out how it uses ideas of respect, dignity, and rights to frame its advocacy of street vendors. The chapter shows that grassroots activists and their supporters have framed the demands of street vendors by appealing to ideas of free enterprise and individualism.

scholarly journals Study of socio-demographic profile and causes of street vending in urban area, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 4005
Author(s):  
Mohan K. Doibale ◽  
Seema Digambar Mohite ◽  
Gautam B. Sawase ◽  
Pallavi H. Pagadal
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
Demographic Profile ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Large Numbers

Background: Street vending as a profession has been in existence in India since times immemorial. Poverty and lack of gainful employment in the rural areas and in the smaller towns drive large numbers of people to the city. Thus the present study is conducted to study socio-demographic profile, causes, addiction, morbidity pattern among street vendors. The objective of the present study is to study socio-demographic profile of street vendors, causes of street vending, addiction among street vendors, health problems faced by street vendors.Methods: The study was conducted in Shahagunj, where urban health training centre of Government Medical College Aurangabad is situated, for period of 2 months duration. All street vendors in the Shahagunj were included in the study. The purpose of study was explained to them. The survey was carried out with predesigned pretested questionnaire. The question related to socio-demographic characteristics, causes of street vending, addiction of smoking were asked.Results: About (29.6%) vendors belongs to age group 30-39, male participants are more in number, illiterate or educated up to primary school. Most of the vendors belongs to nuclear family, 71.25% vendors are migrated from other cities to seek employment, 73.6% vendors works with no holiday in a week. Vendors are addicted of tobacco chewing (27%), pan (6%) and cigarette (6%). Causes to become in informal sector are unable to fulfill requirement of formal sector 54%, only source of income 44% avoid tax is 2%. About 30% vendors are having health issues; maximum was musculoskeletal morbidities contributing 8.8%.Conclusions: Unable to fulfill requirement of formal sector and no other source of income are the major causes to be in the street vending.

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