Contrapunto : the informal sector debate in Latin America /
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994. |
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| Description: | x, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in power and political economy |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1625060 |
Table of Contents:
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- I. Overview
- 1. Introduction: What Debate?
- 2. The Informal Sector Debate, Part 1: 1970-1983
- 3. The Informal Sector Debate, Part 2: 1984-1993
- 4. The Many Roles of the Informal Sector in Development: Evidence from Urban Labor Market Research, 1940-1989
- II. Macro Level Policy Issues
- 5. The Impact of Government Policies on Microenterprise Development: Conclusions from Empirical Studies
- 6. Macroeconomic Policy and the Informal Sector
- 7. When More Can Be Less: Labor Standards, Development, and the Informal Economy
- 8. Informality, de Soto Style: From Concept to Policy
- 9. Inside Informal Sector Policies in Latin America: An Economist's View
- III. Micro Level Intervention Issues
- 10. The Role of Governments and Private Institutions in Addressing the Informal Sector in Latin America
- 11. Training and Technical Assistance for Small and Microenterprise: A Discussion of Their Effectiveness
- IV. A Closer Look at Poverty, Planning, and Power
- 12. Informality and Poverty: Causal Relationship or Coincidence?
- 13. Transaction Costs, Formal Plans, and Formal Informality: Alternatives to the Informal "Sector"
- V. Conclusion
- 14. Contrapunto: Policy, Research, and the Role of the State
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index