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Street vending, vulnerability and exclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Cali, Colombia.
Environ Urban ; 34(2): 372-390, 2022 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2064565
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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.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Country/Region as subject: South America / Colombia Language: English Journal: Environ Urban Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Country/Region as subject: South America / Colombia Language: English Journal: Environ Urban Year: 2022 Document Type: Article