Vending as a way to ease joblessness?

The picture above depicts George Street, Port of Spain as can be seen from it's caption. A young man is choosing out his pick of the produce on display as the man in the striped jersey, with the hat on his head strikes up his cigarette. It might be possible that, that's the young mans father or he could just be a regular customer. The roast coffee skinned man in blue- the owner, looks on while casually devouring his orange this bright day.The streets have a clean coat of asphalt which strikes a strange contrast to the bleak, drab, run down exteriors of buildings.

This man could have been laid off from work or unable to find another form of employment due to the fields being saturated or some kind of injury that prevents him from doing so.

Using their own produce from their home grown vehicles, these people pack their items onto their vehicles and make their way to the urban centre (Port of Spain) where they proceed to sell their goods. Some really don't have a choice and they may not even want to be street vending. Due to several circumstances they have no choice but to

Street vending is a plausible productive way to ease joblessness in several ways. Some are people have lost their jobs, women whose husbands have lost their jobs and in the anticipation of being laid off from work.There are no other ways or means for persons to get a form of income so they turn to the streets. It is a much better outcome than turning to a life of crime. Street vending could also make some friendly competition for the store owners who surround them, forcing them to drop their prices in order to entice  customers to move away from the vendors and back to them.

So while people are street vending they may very well be looking for another form of employment but for the mean time until they can move on from this. They may even keep street vending if it proves to provide a substantial income form them or only street vend on weekends if they do happen to get back into the formal sector. 

 Street vending should not be hindered but promoted!

References

The Society Pages. "Street vending as a way to ease joblessness." Accessed April 10,2014. http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2009/04/30/street-vending-as-a-way-to-ease-joblessness/