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Ana Maria Vargas Falla

Ana Maria Vargas Falla

Director of first and second cycle studies

Ana Maria Vargas Falla

Legal Empowerment of Informal Workers Formalizing Street Vending as a Tool for Poverty Reduction

Author

  • Ana Maria Vargas Falla

Editor

  • Karl Dahlstrand

Summary, in English

This chapter brings empirical data to the debate about the ability of law to contribute to the empowerment and development of informal workers, looking into the case of street vendors. Looking into the potential that law has for poverty reduction is an important goal and for that reason, this research aims to understand whether legal change, getting the legal permit to sell, can in fact bring empowerment for street vendors.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology of Law

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Publication/Series

Festskrift till Karsten Åström

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Juristförlaget i Lund

Topic

  • Law and Society

Keywords

  • street vendors
  • informal economy
  • hawkers
  • empowerment
  • poverty reduction
  • resiliance
  • resistance
  • development
  • urban planning
  • public space
  • urban economy
  • decent work
  • sustainable development goals
  • poverty
  • working poor
  • urban poverty
  • well-being

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9789154405695