Subject(s): urban livelihoods -- urban economy -- Public Space and Urban Livelihoods -- Challenging Street Livelihoods -- Informal Economy and Street Trade -- Urban Public Space -- Urban Livelihood -- Urban Pubic Space in the Developing World-a Resource for Poor -- Control ,Use and Dependence on Urban Public space -- Informal Enterprise and Street Trading; A Civil Society and Urban Management Perspective -- Street Vendors and the Informal Economy -- Social Political Relationships -- Urban management Issues -- Street Trading in four cities -- Setting the context: Social, Economic and Political Influences on Informal Sector in Ghana, Lesotho, Nepal, Tanzania -- Fulcrum of the Urban Economy: Governance and Street Livelihood in kumasi, Ghana -- Poverty reduction Strategies in Ghana -- Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) -- Contest and Conflict: Governance and Street Livelihoods in maseru, Lesotho -- New urban Economy : Governance and Street Livelihoods in the kathmandu valley, Nepal -- Pro-Poor Policy Agenda -- Street trading in four cities: A Comparison -- Enabling the Street Economy -- Social Capital