Street foods : urban food and employment in developing countries / Irene Tinker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tinker, Irene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade--Developing countries--Case studies.

Food industry and trade.

Vending stands--Developing countries--Case studies.

Vending stands.

Women--Employment--Developing countries--Case studies.

Women.

Women--Employment.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Summary:

"Street foods," the term coined by Irene Tinker for the Equity Policy Center (EPOC) action research project, today defines the study of all the meals and snacks and sweets sold on the street for immediate consumption. As many as 10% of men and women are employed in this industry, and up to 20% of a household food expenditure goes toward these foods.

The culmination of fifteen years of research in provincial cities in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, and Senegal, Street Foods provides the first empirical study of who makes, sells, and eats food on the streets. The project detailed in this book was and will be a means to affect change on both micro and macro levels: the findings were utilized to improve the income of the vendors themselves and the safety of the food they sold, and to influence public policy to recognize the value of this informal sector activity instead of trying to restrict the trade. The accumulated power of the Street Food Project findings brings new insights to the nature of microenterprises, the interventions that really help improve income and food safety, and the gender aspects of the street food trade. Challenging conventional wisdom about the informal sector and assumptions in development theory about women, Street Foods will reframe the major debates shaping research and aid policies for poor, small-scale entrepreneurs in developing countries.

Contents:

Part I Cities and Their Street Foods 19

1 Bogor, Indonesia 23

Street Foods in Bogor 26

The IPB Streetfood Project 35

2 Iloilo, Philippines 43

Survival of Street Food Enterprises 55

Street Food Policies in Manila 56

3 Chonburi, Thailand 61

The Street Project with CUSRI 63

Distinctly Thai Aspects 69

4 Manikganj, Bangladesh 75

Street Foods in a Poor Country 80

Interventions 89

5 Minia, Egypt 93

Street Foods in Minia 95

The Street Foods Vendors Organization 102

A Model for Street Vendors 110

6 Ziguinchor, Senegal 113

National Policy and Local Vendors 121

7 Ile-Ife, Nigeria 125

Street Foods in Ife 128

Government versus the Street Vendors 134

Helping Street Food Vendors in Ife, Ibadan, and Lagos 137

Part II The Street Food Project: Influencing Development Theory and Practice 147

8 Vendors and the Economics of Their Enterprises 149

Size and Seasonality of the Trade 149

Involvement of Women and Family 152

Basic Data on Vendors 155

Running a Street Food Enterprise 162

Economics of the Street Food Trade 166

Street Food Vending as a Microenterprise 176

9 Foods on the Street and the People Who Eat Them 177

Varieties and Attributes of Foods Sold on the Street 178

Demand for Street Foods 183

But Is It Nutritious? 187

Is It Safe? 189

Policy Shifts 194

10 Implications for Research, Planning, and Policy 196

Improving Microenterprises 198

Macro-Discourses and Policy 203

Influencing Theory and Practice 210

Afterword: Putting It All Together 212

The Future of the Street Food Trade 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-242) and indexes.

ISBN:

0195104358

0195117115

OCLC:

34878824