WOMEN, MARKETS AND THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS

Women’s Experiences of Taxation, Fee Collection and Market Governance in Juba

This report examines how women market vendors and small business owners experience taxation, fees, service provision, and market governance across Suk-Libya, Konyokonyo, and Jebel markets in Juba. Grounded in months of listening, collective reflection, and evidence-building with women, the study brings their experiences into conversation with receipts and payment records, institutional perspectives, official documents, and legal, public-finance, and political-economy analysis. It traces how different payments and institutions intersect in women’s everyday business lives, the questions this raises around clarity, coordination, proportionality, and accountability, and the market governance priorities women themselves identified through the process.