Vulnerability of Urban Informal Sector: Street Vendors in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Vulnerability of Urban Informal Sector: Street Vendors in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Abstract: This study has been focusing on the vulnerability of street vendors in Java since the time when Java was hit severely by the economic crisis in 1997/1998, which also had reversed the trend of economic formalization in Indonesia. For this aim, a survey was conducted during the month of February 2007 in Yogyakarta and Sleman districts in Yogyakarta Special Province. The survey covered 122 street vendors in several streets in both areas. These samples consist of three groups of street vendors: food seller, non-food seller, and services providers. Based on this survey, vulnerability index of street vendors is measured. The study found that most of street vendors in Yogyakarta experience vulnerability at the medium level. In general, vulnerability of food seller vendors is higher than other vendors. Vulnerability also varies across the locations of vending.

Keywords: informal sector; street vendor; vulnerability; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O17 R0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-12
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