The other path : the invisible revolution in the Third World /
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| Author / Creator: | Soto, Hernando de, 1941- |
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| Uniform title: | Otro sendero. English |
| Imprint: | New York : Harper & Row, c1989. |
| Description: | xxvii, 271 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/963418 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part 1.
- 1. Introduction
- Migration
- A Hostile Reception
- From Migrants to Informals
- 2. Informal Housing
- The Informal Acquisition of Property
- The Historical Evolution of Informal Housing
- The Long March toward Private Property
- 3. Informal Trade
- Types of Informal Trade
- The Historical Evolution of Informal Trade
- The March toward Markets
- 4. Informal Transport
- Types of Informal Transport
- The Historical Evolution of Informal Transport
- The Mystery of Cyclical Bankruptcies
- Part 2.
- 5. The Costs and Importance of the Law
- The Costs of Formality
- The Costs of Access
- The Costs of Informality
- The National Economic Consequences of the Costs of Formality and Informality
- The Law as a Determinant of Development
- 6. The Redistributive Tradition
- 7. The Parallel with Mercantilism
- The Characteristics of Mercantilism
- Peru: A Mercantilist Country?
- The Decline of Mercantilism and the Emergence of Informals
- Collapse
- 8. Conclusion
- The Social Relevance of Legal Institutions
- Violence
- The Survival of Mercantilism
- Political Voluntarism
- Left- and Right-Wing Mercantilists
- The Promise of Human Capital
- An Agenda for Change
- Final Remarks
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Index