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Street vending, vulnerability and exclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Cali, Colombia
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Martínez, Lina Young, Graeme |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on livelihoods everywhere, but especially in the informal economy where crucial forms of protection and security are often absent. A detailed understanding of the impacts for informal workers, the public policy approaches that could most effectively respond to their needs, and the barriers to such policy, is urgently needed. This paper discusses the results of a 2021 street vendor survey in Cali, Colombia, focusing on (1) vendors’ socioeconomic circumstances and (2) their political engagement and attitudes on key policy and governance issues. It argues that while the pandemic and the government responses to it negatively impacted street vendors, there are steps that government could have taken, and can still take, to address vendors’ needs and priorities. To ensure a just, equitable, sustainable recovery, and to protect economically marginalized groups from future crises, informal workers must be more meaningfully included in decision-making processes. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09562478221113753?download=true |
| Starting Page | 372 |
| Ending Page | 390 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| ISSN | 09562478 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 34 |
| Journal | Environment and Urbanization (EAU) |
| e-ISSN | 17460301 |
| DOI | 10.1177/09562478221113753 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2022-10-11 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © 2022 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
| Subject Keyword | Colombia global South informal economy COVID-19 street vendors |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Urban Studies Environmental Science |
