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Cheap street is a lively and scholarly account of London's street markets, which were an overlooked site of urban modernity and the most vigorous outgrowth of the informal economy that flourished below and beyond the recognised institutions of the consumer city. Kelley brings together design and material culture history, urban studies and social and cultural history to analyse the street markets' distinct characteristics. These included the flaring naked flames of their naphtha lights, their impermanent yet persistent unofficial occupation of space, and the noisy performative selling that took place there. The result is a new interpretation of London's urban geographies, moving beyond the accepted view of the West End as the consumer city and the East as the city of poverty, and demonstrating that the informality of the street markets was a powerful force in shaping representations of London and its people.

Informal sector (Economics) --- Vending stands --- Market stalls --- Roadside stands --- Sidewalk vending --- Stalls, Market --- Stalls, Vending --- Stands, Roadside --- Stands, Vending --- Vending stalls --- Vendor stalls --- Vendor stands --- Retail trade --- Street vendors --- Hidden economy --- Parallel economy --- Second economy --- Shadow economy --- Subterranean economy --- Underground economy --- Artisans --- Economics --- Small business --- History --- Street people (Street vendors) --- Vendors, Street --- Merchants --- Peddlers --- E-books --- London. --- culture. --- history. --- informal. --- modernity. --- street markets. --- urban.

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An in-depth study of street trading in Dar es Salaam, revealing the hidden dimensions of the city's thriving informal economy.

Street vendors. --- Street people (Street vendors) --- Vendors, Street --- Merchants --- Peddlers --- Vending stands --- Enterprise zones --- Street vendors --- Market stalls --- Roadside stands --- Sidewalk vending --- Stalls, Market --- Stalls, Vending --- Stands, Roadside --- Stands, Vending --- Vending stalls --- Vendor stalls --- Vendor stands --- Retail trade --- Empowerment zones --- Enterprise zones, Urban --- Urban enterprise zones --- Zones, Enterprise --- Zones, Urban enterprise --- Business enterprises --- Community development, Urban --- Industrial promotion --- Manpower policy --- Tax credits --- Taxation --- E-books --- Sociology of work --- Economic structure --- Tanzania --- Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography

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This book is the product of a study conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ministry of Urban Housing and Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA). Its objective is to highlight some of the problems faced by street vendors in conducting their daily business and to examine how financial institutions, especially those in the banking sector, can include street vendors in their credit policies. Data was collected from 15 cities across the country. Not surprisingly, while issues such as public space utilisation have been deliberated upon at length, those concerning the nature of credit transactions and concurrently the financial inclusion of street vendors have scarcely received focussed attention. In the absence of formal credit, street vendors largely depend on loan sharks, who charge high interest rates ranging from 350% to 800% per annum.  The problem of formal credit aside, another equally important factor is the inflexible attitude of the civic authorities towards street vending. Given their informal status, this is particularly apparent because they are forced to conduct business in the absence of legal protection, making them vulnerable to rent seeking by the authorities. The acceptance of the National Policy for Urban Street Vendors by a few states and the subsequent bill to protect the livelihood of street vendors should help them gain legitimacy and subsequently credit to run their businesses at proper rates. The book examines and analyses these issues. .

India -- Economic conditions -- 21st century. --- India -- Social conditions. --- Moneylenders -- India. --- Street vendors -- India. --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Financial exclusion -- India. --- Street vendors. --- Vending stands. --- Urban economics. --- Cities and towns --- City economics --- Economics of cities --- Market stalls --- Roadside stands --- Sidewalk vending --- Stalls, Market --- Stalls, Vending --- Stands, Roadside --- Stands, Vending --- Vending stalls --- Vendor stalls --- Vendor stands --- Street people (Street vendors) --- Vendors, Street --- Economic aspects --- Finance. --- Public finance. --- Labor economics. --- Development economics. --- Economics. --- Development Economics. --- Labor Economics. --- Finance, general. --- Public Economics. --- Economics --- Retail trade --- Street vendors --- Merchants --- Peddlers --- Vending stands --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Funding --- Funds --- Economic development --- Public finances --- 2000-2099 --- India --- India. --- Economic conditions --- Bharat --- Bhārata --- Government of India --- Ḣindiston Respublikasi --- Inde --- Indi --- Indien --- Indii͡ --- Indland --- Indo --- Republic of India --- Sāthāranarat ʻIndīa --- Yin-tu