Informal Trade:
Information Gaps and
Research Possibilities
CAPE TOWN
PARTNERSHIP:
the strategic partner
MANAGE| DEVELOP| PROMOTE
CCID:
the operational partner – doing
the work on ground level
SAFE | CLEAN | CARING
Central
City
Property
Owners
CITY:
OWNERS:
the private partner
INVEST | DEVELOP | FUND
the governance partner
GOVERN | SUPPORT| PLAN
a unique urban partnership
working together to regenerate Cape Town’s Central City
Economic Diversity & Resilience
According to our research…
21.5
5
Buy from
informal
traders
Sidewalks
38.1
Demarcated
markets
Do not buy
Don't know
78.5
56.8
3.5
23.5
46.3
26.8
More traders
Fewer traders
Remain as is
Don't know
Challenge #1:
Information Gaps
Old Studies that are
dated and not
applicable
Targeted Studies that Lack of Collaboration
only apply to small
limits participation
areas or industries
from traders
Challenge #2:
Lack of a Larger
Vision
We still don’t understand the larger picture of what trade looks like in
terms of:
Demand Analyses
Mapping
Storage locations, goods movement, and spatial collaborations
Pedestrian movements in relation to the location of traders
The physical element: What trading structures best support traders
The business element: What new practices could promote safer
transactions and trading spaces for traders and
• customers?
• Onward economic growth: How can informal trade link into local supply
chains to encourage further growth in the informal sector?
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Challenge #3:
Information
Sharing
MOVING FORWARD:
Strategic Research
Partnerships
Driving
Partnerships
Forward
• Strategic
Communications
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis
• Mapping
• Implementation
• Skills sharing
THANK YOU!
Andrew Fleming, Senior Researcher
The Cape Town Partnership and the CCID
AndrewF@CapeTownPartnership.co.za