The Effects of Street Vending

This essay is an attempt to discuss how community building through the community services partnership model can be used to provide possible solutions to the problem of street vending in the streets of Lusaka. In order to achieve the objective of our study, the essay will start by defining the key terms namely community development and street vending. Secondly, the essay will give a detailed explanation on how the community building through the community service partnership model can be used to provide possible solutions to the problem of street vending in the streets of Lusaka. Concrete examples will be given from the Zambian context. Finally a conclusion will be drawn.
Community development is a field of practice directed toward the creation or enhancement of a community among individuals within the regional area with a common interest Community development is also described as an organized effort to improve the conditions of the community life and the capacity for the community integration and self direction. Community development seeks to work primarily through the enlistment and organization of self help and cooperative efforts on the part of the residents of the community but usually with technical assistance from government or voluntary organizations.
A street vendor is defined as a person who offers goods or services for sale to the public in a street without having a permanent built-up structure. Street vending is one of the major activities in the informal economy and it is known to be an old practice that has always had a presence in the composition of cities.
Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia and most major economic activities takes place there. The problems faced in Lusaka between the local authorities and street vendors are found in cities all over the world especially in developing countries like Zambia. Some of the problems caused by street vending include; stealing from customers from the formal economy, non-payment of taxes, causing road