Surviving in the city : the urban informal sector in Latin America
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Surviving in the city : the urban informal sector in Latin America
（Critical studies on Latin America）
Pluto Press, 1995
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Bibliography: p. 131-150
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780745308272
Description
Examines the argument that the informal sector economy in Latin America is desirable in order to provide a breeding ground for entrepreneurs. The text addresses key issues such as social protection, housing and debt crisis, structural adjustment, poverty, gender and social protection.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Surviving in the city: introduction
- modernisation, the debt crisis and structural adjustment
- informality and the urban informal sector
- structure of the book. Part 2 The urban informal sector - what is it and how large is it?: introduction
- the definition of the urban informal sector
- the size of the urban informal sector
- links between the urban informal sector and the urban formal sector
- conclusions
- appendix - a country list of studies of the urban informal sector in Latin America. Part 3 Social and economic problems facing the urban informal sector: introduction
- the link between the urban informal sector and poverty
- gender and the urban informal sector
- children and the urban informal sector
- social protection and the urban informal sector
- housing and the urban informal sector
- conclusions. Part 4 The future of the urban informal sector in Latin America
- the future of the urban informal sector - growth or decline?
- supply-side measures (1) - education and training
- supply-side measures (2) - savings and credit
- increasing the demand for the output of the urban informal sector
- removing bureaucracy: more urban informal sector, more urban formal sector, or more of both?
- conclusions.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780745308289
Description
Examines the argument that the informal sector economy in Latin America is desirable in order to provide a breeding ground for entrepreneurs. The text addresses key issues such as social protection, housing and debt crisis, structural adjustment, poverty, gender and social protection.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Surviving in the city: introduction
- modernisation, the debt crisis and structural adjustment
- informality and the urban informal sector
- structure of the book. Part 2 The urban informal sector - what is it and how large is it?: introduction
- the definition of the urban informal sector
- the size of the urban informal sector
- links between the urban informal sector and the urban formal sector
- conclusions
- appendix - a country list of studies of the urban informal sector in Latin America. Part 3 Social and economic problems facing the urban informal sector: introduction
- the link between the urban informal sector and poverty
- gender and the urban informal sector
- children and the urban informal sector
- social protection and the urban informal sector
- housing and the urban informal sector
- conclusions. Part 4 The future of the urban informal sector in Latin America
- the future of the urban informal sector - growth or decline?
- supply-side measures (1) - education and training
- supply-side measures (2) - savings and credit
- increasing the demand for the output of the urban informal sector
- removing bureaucracy: more urban informal sector, more urban formal sector, or more of both?
- conclusions.
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