Formal and Informal Public Transport Service Providers as an Occupation: A Social Investigation in Davao City

Abstract

This study focuses on understanding the life of formal and informal public transport providers as employed in the transport sector in the Philippines. Public transport service provision is one of the major sources of livelihood and employment in many cities of developing nations. This paper provides a comparison on the difference between public transport service as an employment sector, an occupation and business opportunity. Using the formal-informal classification of public transport modes, the study provides a comparison on public transport service by understanding the operators, owners and/or drivers - as an occupation including labor characteristics and the management and operating systems and as an employment sector in general.