Authors show that street vending is a permanent urban fixture requiring regulated zoning rather than lazy eviction dismissals. Drawing from a BIGD study, they argue that while formal digital registration could break the deeply entrenched cycle of informal extortion, the policy’s success hinges on dismantling the powerful political networks and middlemen currently ruling Dhaka’s footpaths.
Authors show that street vending is a permanent urban fixture requiring regulated zoning rather than lazy eviction dismissals. Drawing from a BIGD study, they argue that while formal digital registration could break the deeply entrenched cycle of informal extortion, the policy’s success hinges on dismantling the powerful political networks and middlemen currently ruling Dhaka’s footpaths.
