Social Sustainability
Street Vendor
A worker selling goods or food in public space — a visible face of the informal economy and a test of inclusive urban policy.
Definition
A street vendor is a person offering goods or services for sale in public spaces — streets, pavements, markets and transport hubs — typically in the informal economy without fixed premises. Street vending employs tens of millions in cities of the global South, providing affordable goods, food and livelihoods, especially to women and migrants, while vendors face insecure legal status, evictions, confiscation of goods, harassment and exclusion from social protection.
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