Women on the Streets-Vending and Public Space in Chile

Vending and Public Space in Chile Lorena Nunez The informal sector is often seen as being composed of a lump sum of people's failures, or is defined as arising out of limitations in the formal sector itself It is, as a consequence, looked upon as stagnant. However, the informal sector can also be seen as being constantly built upon and transformed by people's own organised responses to given situations, often at times of crisis.