scholarly journals An Investigation of Success and Failure Factors of Street Food Sector Entrepreneurs in Sylhet

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Failure Factors

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship in the Street Food Sector of Vietnam-Assessment of Psychological Success and Failure Factors

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemarie M. F. Hiemstra ◽  
Koen G. van der Kooy ◽  
Michael Frese
Keyword(s):  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Failure Factors

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN WEST AFRICA: THE COWPEA STREET FOOD SECTOR IN NIGER AND GHANA

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIRIAM OTOO ◽  
JOAN FULTON ◽  
GERMAINE IBRO ◽  
JAMES LOWENBERG-DEBOER
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact

Women entrepreneurship in the informal sector, such as street food vending, is important for poverty alleviation in West Africa. The street food sector provides employment for women and inexpensive and nutritious food for the urban poor. In this paper, we determine the importance of the cowpea street food sector, evaluate the determinants of successful enterprises and ascertain the impact of economic, cultural, religious and geographic differentials between enterprises in Niamey, Niger and Kumasi, Ghana. Data were collected through in-person interviews with 114 and 122 women street food entrepreneurs in both countries in 2009. Results revealed that women entrepreneurs engaged in the cowpea street food sector can earn incomes 4 times and 16 times higher than the minimum legal wage in Niamey and Kumasi, respectively. Incomes earned from these entrepreneurial activities contribute directly to health, education and needs of their families. OLS regression results indicate that lack of financial resources, stable business locations and religious beliefs are important entrepreneurial success factors. Cross-country comparisons revealed enterprises in Kumasi are larger and more successful than those in Niamey.

scholarly journals Aspirations to grow: when micro- and informal enterprises in the street food sector speak for themselves

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Knox ◽  
H. Bressers ◽  
N. Mohlakoana ◽  
J. De Groot
Keyword(s):  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food

scholarly journals The South African informal sector’s socio-economic exclusion from basic service provisions: A critique of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality’s approach to the informal sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-71
Author(s):  
B. Masuku ◽  
O. Nzewi
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Infrastructure Services ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores the exclusion of informal micro-enterprises from the provision of basic urban infrastructure services in Duncan Village in East London, South Africa. It focuses on the informal food sector, which is dominated by women who are often held back from participating in economic activities that are more productive, as well as from social and political functions. Basic urban infrastructures, such as trading shelters with water and electricity connections provided by municipalities, are often expensive and most informal street traders find it difficult to access them. This study examines the energy struggles of the informal street food sector and its engagement with local government on issues of inclusivity on policies regulating the sector. In-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 40 participants in the informal street food sector in Duncan Village. The findings reveal the lack of energy transition in the informal street food sector, because of its heavy reliance on low-quality fuels. Unreliable and expensive energy services force informal street food enterprises into using a limited range of energy sources. The findings also reveal that the relationship between the municipality and the informal street traders is one of exclusion and negligence. It is therefore suggested that government needs to recognise and value the informal sector and livelihoods of those involved in this sector, to take into account their needs, and engage with them when designing and implementing policies that regulate the sector.

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Condition of Urban Street Food Vendors

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Harish Tigari ◽  
S Shalini
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
Selection Of

The street food sector plays an important role in urban areas of many developing countries. Street food represents a significant part of urban food consumption for millions of low and middle-income consumers in urban areas daily. Street foods may be the least expensive and most accessible means of obtaining a nutritionally balanced meal outside the home for many low-income people. In Davanagere city most of the vendors are poorly educated, untrained in food hygienic food, and most of the foods are not well protected from flies; street food is relatively cheap. You can get to try a wide selection of different foods in one place. Street food stands are a source of income for many families. Some street food vendors are facing problems like those that don’t have their van or shop. They have to pay a limited amount of money for this. And they earn only a little profit.

Energy Transition and Gender in the Informal Street Food Sector in Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-32
Author(s):  
Maïmouna Diouf ◽  
Nthabiseng Mohlakoana ◽  
Secou Sarr ◽  
Bacary Seydi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transition ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food ◽  
And Gender
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