Street vendors, their contested spaces, and the policy environment: A view from Caloócan, Metro Manila

• Main Authors: Recio, Redento B., Gomez, José Edgardo A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Street vendors > Philippines > Caloocan City; Informal sector (Economics) > Philippines > Caloocan City; Caloocan City (Philippines) > Economic conditions; Urban policy > Philippines > Caloocan City; Economics; Public Policy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2989
• Institution: De La Salle University

In developing states of Southeast Asia, street vendors play a significant but frequently unappreciated role in both the vibrancy of public spaces as well as the informal economy. Yet, they are subject to indiscriminate purges from sidewalks and other contested territories, which they occupy for lack...