PETALING JAYA: A new paper by Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) has highlighted the crucial role of hawkers in Malaysia’s informal economy while calling for targeted policies to address several pressing issues that hinder their growth.
The paper, Hawkers and Hawking Space in Malaysia: A Case Study, noted that hawkers made up 15% of the informal workforce, which itself accounted for nearly 10% of the total workforce of 15.8 million in 2023, with 73% of hawkers concentrated in urban areas.
