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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Informal traders"”.
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Protecting livelihoods? : a study of informal traders at Mitchell's Plain town centre market
The implementation of a new citywide Informal Trading By-law and a permit system for registering traders left over 200 traders without a space to trade. Using multiple qualitative research methods, document review, interviews, photography and observation, this study seeks to highlight the …
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Experiences of Female Informal Traders in Namibia during the National Coronavirus Lockdown of 2020
Background. In emerging economies, the informal sector is often the largest sector of the economy. Namibia is no exception, with approximately 58% of the Namibian population deriving a livelihood within the informal sector of the economy (Namibia Statistics Agency, 2018). According to the Namibia …
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Navigating the Go-Down Zone in Namuwongo: reimagining spaces for informal traders in Kampala
… rate. Eight out of ten people are taking up informal employment, many of whom set up and occupy sites within highly contested spaces in the urban realm. Modernist planning and developments across the city are unable to sustain the growing number of traders in the city. The Godown Zone in …
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The Integrated Development Plan as a strategy to employer informal traders: the case of Thohoyandou
… Development Plan as a strategy to empower informal traders using Thohoyandou as the case study. The study was conducted at Thulamela Municipality and at the informal markets of Thohoyandou. The researcher used two population groups; the municipal officials and the informal traders. The …
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An exploration of the experiences of select women informal traders in the City of Cape Town
… women in post 1994 South Africa as far as women informal traders in the City of Cape Town (CBD) are concerned. The study shows that despite Legislative and Constitutional changes at the practical level women remain economically and socially disenfranchised.
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An evaluation of the waste management cycle utilised by fresh produce market informal traders in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Health Sciences: Environmental Health at the Durban University of Technology, 2021.
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Enduring intersectional precarity: A history of resistance by women informal traders in Harare (Zimbabwe), c. 1965 to 2022
… of State support; punitive regulation of the informal sector and a pandemic. While informality is not a new phenomenon in Zimbabwe, its expansion post-economic liberalisation has significantly involved an enduring presence of women. This study focuses on the resilience of women in the informal …
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(In)formality in Africa: Exploring the social and cultural factors influencing mobile payment non-adoption by informal traders in Cape Town
… and identifies the various reasons for which informal traders in Cape Town, South Africa, do not adopt mobile payment technology and prefer cash. In the informal economy, a cash preference creates challenges such as financial exclusion (Bromley, 2006; Donner & Tellez, 2008; Blanco et al., …
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The extent to which female informal traders participate in the local economic development (LED) programme at Umhlathuze local municipality, Kwazulu-Natal province
Employment in the informal sector is on the increase in various regions of the world. There are more women than men in the informal sector and there are several explanations for this basic fact. Among other factors is that the informal sector is the primary source of employment for women in many …
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Urban Planning principles as mechanisms for improving informal trading opportunities: A case study of inner-city Johannesburg
… city of Johannesburg presents a high number of informal traders who seek to make use of urban public space in their livelihood strategies. However, the forces driving the performance of informal traders have not led to positive development of opportunities for traders. Operation Clean Sweep in …
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The formalisation of informal trade in Cape Town : a case study of Greenmarket Square
… and policies set by the City have formalised informal trade at Greenmarket Square. The sample included 14 informal traders from Greenmarket Square, a former "illegal" trader, three formal business owners and three City of Cape Town officials. Semi-structured interviews and the creation and …
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A collective self-governance framework for urban facilities management settings: application at public transport interchanges in economically depressed areas in Cape Town
… interchanges, such as minibus taxi operators and informal traders, to participate in the collective self-governance of their public transport interchanges. Furthermore, this study closed the knowledge gap regarding the psychosocial-economic factors motivating minibus taxi operators and informal …
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Resilience and sustainability in the informal economy: an exploration of Cape Town's informal food traders amidst disruption
The role of informal food traders in responding to the needs of local communities is crucial to achieving SDG 2: Zero Hunger. Different frameworks, developed by the Global North, have sprung up around the Sustainable Development Goals (a replacement of the Millennial Goals) to measure progress …
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Cross border trade as a survival strategy in SADC : a study of Zimbabwean women traders
… national policies and more broadly SADC affect informal trade and informal traders. Whilst SADC governments claim a desire to fight poverty, the organisation at the same time is pursuing policies that are obstructive to poverty alleviation. This is, for example, reflected in its lack of …
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Space, place and belonging: informal trading in and around Congolenses market, Luanda, Angola
… explores the interplay between government, informal street traders and the public in and around the Congolenses marketplace in Luanda, Angola. The nation was ravaged by 27 years of civil war until 2002. During this time, most of the city made use of extensive systems of informal provisioning …
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Enabling a Trading Community: A Re-imagination of Trade in Lusaka, Zambia
… into Lusaka's urban fabric lies a network of informal traders. The everyday life in the Zambian city is tightly woven with permanent and impermanent trading practices. Traders experience challenges such as long-distance daily commutes, seasonal flash flooding and city cleanups which disrupt …
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The complex food system : a case study of soft vegetables produced in the Philippi Horticultural Area and the soft vegetables purchased at difference links in the food system
… Town, and the distribution of its produce to traders. In this food system, the informal sector is so entrenched in the system that the two sectors (formal and informal) rely on each other. The informal traders do not produce their own vegetables and are dependant on the formal sector to make …
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Investigating African migrant informal enterprises in Umhlathuze municipality nature extent and policy response
This study investigates African migrant informal enterprises in uMhlathuze Local Municipality. The study adopted a post-positivist research paradigm which allowed for the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods. The participants were sampled using purposive and snowball techniques to get …
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Understanding the Contemporary Character of Braamfontein Johannesburg: Towards a renewed understanding of urban renewal in cities in the South
… or gentrification; how attempts to suppress informal trade have led to the proliferation of iterant strategies on the part of hawkers, and have in turn led to enhanced relationships between informal traders and the formal economy; and, finally, how the presence of communities self-identifying …
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Functionally illiterate consumers’ food purchase behaviour in Botswana
… purchased food products from supermarkets and informal traders but also patronised other retail outlets occasionally. The study further revealed that consumers are vulnerable in the market place as they encountered problems during market place navigation, specifically in terms of too much …
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