Street Vendors Facing Urban Beautification in Accra (Ghana): Eviction, Relocation and Formalization

Spire, Amandine; Choplin, Armelle

doi:10.4000/articulo.3443

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“…The most common problem with street vending is issues with local authorities (FAO, 2007;Spire & Choplin, 2018). In this study, the issue relates to the medical screening for yearly certification, which often creates conflicts between the EHOs and food vendors.…”

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“…Some of these include inadequate knowledge and skills in business management (Osei Mensah et al, 2016), limited supply of skilled workers (Quader & Abdullah, 2008), and limited access to credit and high cost of borrowing as well as high cost of production and lack of access to legal vending premises (Martey et al, 2013). Others are regulatory barriers from local authorities (FAO, 2007) and (Spire & Choplin, 2018), and lack of collective action among vendors (Martey et al, 2013;Nicolò, 2012;Dorresteijn, 2014). Osei Mensah et al 2016, studied the factors that constraint growth of street food vending enterprises in Ghana.…”

Section: Challenges and Opportunities Of Street Vended Local Foodsmentioning

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“…Just as all other street vendors, there is always conflict between local authorities and food vendors (FAO, 2007;Spire & Choplin, 2018), though in general terms, some local authorities work with street vendors instead of against them (FAO, 2007). In their general interaction with food vendors, local authorities who regulate street food vending are challenged with several institutional issues and are even considered to have relegated their activities with food vendors to a source of revenue generation for the Metro, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and not for safety and hygiene practices enforcement (Sefa-Dedeh et al, 2009).…”

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Actors Perceptions on Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Street Vended Local Foods in Urban Ghana

Haleegoah¹,

Akuoko²,

Dwumah³

et al. 2020

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Street foods play an important role in the lives of urban residents in developing countries. Consequently, there has been a lot of research into the nutritional quality of street vended foods, and the safety and hygiene of these foods. Researchers in Ghana have focused not only on the safety and hygiene of street foods but also on the effectiveness of regulations of these foods. While these provide important knowledge base for policy and action, very little has been done on challenges to improve the quality of local street vended foods. This study presents qualitative data from key stakeholders (vendors, consumers, regulators), on the challenges and opportunities to improve the quality of street vended local foods. Results show several challenges that relate to the safety and hygienic conditions at preparation and sale environments, and issues with the local regulatory authorities, inadequate capital with its related challenges and insecure space for street food vendors. This research recommends that efficient and effective collaboration between all actors and relevant institutions could offer the vendors an opportunity and capacity to provide healthy, affordable and preferred local dishes of cultural value to consumers.

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Dwumah³

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“…The local government often faces problems when controlling these illegal street vendors. The eviction of street vendors is seen as a symbol of decongesting and beautifying the city (Spire & Choplin, 2018). Urban policies often impact poor neighborhood residents, who are often brutally evicted (Afenah, 2009).…”

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Indonesia’s capital city relocation: A perspective of regional planning

Farida

2021

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The role of a capital city is essential for a nation. Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital from Jakarta to North Penajam Paser has been set in stone. The Indonesian government targets the relocation to be executed in 2024; therefore, the preparations and capital city development must start from 2020. This research aims to study capital relocation from the perspective of regional planning concerning institutional, spatial planning, the economy, social aspects, and the environment. The data source used in this research was the secondary data obtained from literature review and document analysis. The new capital must present a distinct identity, as it will determine the institutional that will lead to success. The main reasons for the capital relocation are growth and economic equality for the eastern part of Indonesia. It means that development will be encouraged to achieve these goals. On the other hand, overly rapid development in the new capital is also undesirable—a challenging paradox for the institutions involved that demands creativity and innovation for a successful capital relocation.

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“…Now, as neither 'global nor traditional … neither formal nor informal, neither fully urban nor rural in orientation' , contemporary Accra has been positioned as the 'quintessential globalizing city' (Grant 2009, 154). A diverse set of historical and contemporary analyses have engaged with the contested spaces of the city, exploring, among other facets, the politics of displacements and the occupation of public space (Afenah 2012;Fält 2016;Gillespie 2016;Morrison 2017;Spire and Choplin 2018). Together, these examinations dialogue with the so-called 'Southern turn' in urban studies (Lawhon and Truelove 2020).…”

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Under the wire

Dawson

2021

City

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This paper discusses the occupation of an electricity transmission line right-of-way (ROW) at a busy interchange to the western edge of Accra, Ghana. In planning documents, ROWs are depicted as open spaces and obtaining permits to develop the land is prohibited. However, across the city, people continue to live and work under the wire, describing their occupancy as one of ongoing temporariness. Drawing from fourteen months of ethnographic research in Accra, I unpack the production of this urban temporality and argue that this ongoing temporariness is not linear, but should rather be understood as a condition punctured by events which both threaten and re-establish temporary occupation. I contend that it is only by attending closely to a splintered temporality, that we may grapple with the ways in which ongoing temporariness takes hold in cities marked by uneven access to land, income and capital.Under the wire A s we sat in the shadows of the electricity transmission wires that draped across Awoshie Junction-a busy interchange to the western edge of Accra-Bright told me that he and the others shouldn't really be working here. As a taxi stopped on the side of the road, he paused and attended

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Street Vendors Facing Urban Beautification in Accra (Ghana): Eviction, Relocation and Formalization

Cited by 26 publications

References 20 publications

Actors Perceptions on Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Street Vended Local Foods in Urban Ghana

Actors Perceptions on Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Street Vended Local Foods in Urban Ghana

Indonesia’s capital city relocation: A perspective of regional planning

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