Street vending and poverty: an empirical analysis

Kamil Khan and Anwar Shah

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2025, vol. 54, issue 4, 513-531

Abstract: This paper examines the comparative earning opportunities of moveable street vending and daily wage work as a source of livelihood for the poor in Quetta, Balochistan. Using a semi-structured questionnaire, data is collected from 120 participants, with 60 each from the street vending and daily wage work sectors. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, including logistic regression, are used to analyse the data. Our descriptive analysis indicates that street vending offers more significant earning opportunities for the poor than daily wage work. However, the logistic regression model does not provide strong support for street vending as a better source of livelihood in terms of poverty alleviation. Furthermore, the study reveals that eviction by local authorities is a major issue faced by street vendors which limits their income and perpetuates poverty.

Keywords: street vending; daily wage work; poverty. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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