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Tug of war: street trading and city governance in Kumasi, Ghana

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  • Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere
  • Samuel Twumasi Amoah
  • Frank Teng-Zeng

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Kumasi, Ghana, has witnessed accelerated population growth in the past two decades, leading to a significant increase in joblessness following years of economic decline and labour market liberalisation. As a survival strategy, residents have resorted to street trading, making it an important source of livelihood. However, its associated implications for urban governance and management has placed city authorities in the spotlight over the years. Examining the daily struggles that occur between city managers and street traders, this article finds that various strategies adopted by city authorities to decongest the streets have proved futile. Rethinking what could be a sustainable strategy for decongesting the streets of traders, the article concludes that chasing the traders out of the streets is not the panacea to solving the problem unless well coordinated land-use planning and appropriate regulations are competently enforced.

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  • Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere & Samuel Twumasi Amoah & Frank Teng-Zeng, 2016. "Tug of war: street trading and city governance in Kumasi, Ghana," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(7), pages 906-919, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:26:y:2016:i:7:p:906-919
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1210088
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    1. Foster Opoku & David Forkuor & Kabila Abass, 2023. "Toward maximising profits from markets: an analysis of the management structure of markets in Kumasi, Ghana," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(3), pages 1-18, March.

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