Challenges and Opportunities of Street Vending in Addis Ababa City: the Case of Yeka Sub-City
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jemal, Abagissa (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Habte, Bekele | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-26T10:22:35Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:18:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-26T10:22:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:18:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description | A Thesis submitted to School of Graduate Studies, Addis Ababa University, College of Business and Economics, Department of Public Administration and Development Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Masters of Arts Degree in Public Management and Policy | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this study was to assess the opportunities and challenges of street vending in Yeka sub city of Addis Ababa City Administration. Data were collected from randomly selected samples of330 street vendors and 14 code enforcers by questionnaires and from 9 government officials by interview and the remaining one was collected by observation. The study employs a disruptive research design and uses both quantitative and qualitative research approach. The result of the study shows that challenges of street vending to be bankruptcy, car accident, traffic jam, health problem, , pollute the environment, Due to they didn’t pay government tax; it affects country economic development and finally affects social security. The finding shows the following major opportunities: livelihood to their family and themselves protects youth from addiction, dependency and migration. The other opportunities identified were the street vendors creating job opportunity by themselves; they have supported the total micro economy of the country and many poor people survive themselves by consuming street vendors’ goods. This study recommended that government and policy makers should give priority to support street vendors by mental revolution how to operate their business without damaging economic, social, environmental, and political aspects of the country. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/19618 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Challenges | en_US |
| dc.subject | Government officials | en_US |
| dc.subject | Opportunities | en_US |
| dc.subject | Street vendors | en_US |
| dc.title | Challenges and Opportunities of Street Vending in Addis Ababa City: the Case of Yeka Sub-City | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |