Enhancing the performance and growth potential of street-food vending for accelerated socio-economic development in Ghana

project summary

The informal sector employs most people in many developing countries, with estimates in Ghana showing that 80-90% of the total population are employed in the sector. With rapid urbanization, informal activities like street-food vending are increasingly becoming important livelihood activities for the urban poor as they offer employment and cheap foods. However, street-food vending in Ghana, as in many developing countries, faces many constraints such as poor organization, low entrepreneurial knowledge and low investments due to poor access to credit and even more importantly food safety concerns. The project will provide research based knowledge that will address these constraints to make the sector a more effective and viable tool for socio-economic growth and development.