Street vendors in the global urban economy / editor, Sharit K. Bhowmik.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Street vendors in Asia : survey of research / Sharit K. Bhowmik -- Street vending in Delhi/ Sanjay Kumar and Sharit K. Bhowmik -- The politics of illegality : Mumbai hawkers, public space and the everyday life of the law/ Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria -- Integrating street vendors in city planning : the case of Vadodara/ Shreya Dalwadi -- Street vendors in Phnom Penh, Cambodia / Kyoko Kusakabe -- Street food vending in Bangkok / Narumol Nirathron -- Street trading trends in Africa : a critical review / Caroline Skinner -- Street trade in Latin America : demographic trends, legal issues and vending organisations in six cities / Sally Roever -- Governance of street trade in Caracas, Venezuela / Maria Fernanda Garcia Rincon -- Clandestine geometries : mapping street vending in downtown Sao Paulo / Luciana Itikawa -- Advocacy coalitions influencing informal sector policy : the case of India's national urban street vendors policy / Dolf J.H. te Lintelo.

This volume looks at the living and working conditions of street vendors in different cities of the world. It examines the legal guidelines regarding control of public space and the rights of the working poor to earn their livelihood, and the civic authorities' constant regulation of this space.