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Contrapunto : the informal sector debate in Latin America

Title: Contrapunto : the informal sector debate in Latin America / edited by Cathy A. Rakowski.
Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

Rakowski, Cathy A.

Description

x, 336 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

SUNY series in power and political economy

Uniform Title

SUNY series in power and political economy.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Introduction: What Debate? / Cathy A. Rakowski -- 2. The Informal Sector Debate, Part 1: 1970-1983 / Caroline O. N. Moser -- 3. The Informal Sector Debate, Part 2: 1984-1993 / Cathy A. Rakowski -- 4. The Many Roles of the Informal Sector in Development: Evidence from Urban Labor Market Research, 1940-1989 / Orlandina de Oliveira and Bryan Roberts -- 5. The Impact of Government Policies on Microenterprise Development: Conclusions from Empirical Studies / Carl Liedholm -- 6. Macroeconomic Policy and the Informal Sector / Jeffrey R. Franks -- 7. When More Can Be Less: Labor Standards, Development, and the Informal Economy / Alejandro Portes -- 8. Informality, de Soto Style: From Concept to Policy / Ray Bromley -- 9. Inside Informal Sector Policies in Latin America: An Economist's View / Gustavo Marquez -- 10. The Role of Governments and Private Institutions in Addressing the Informal Sector in Latin America / Maria Otero.
11. Training and Technical Assistance for Small and Microenterprise: A Discussion of Their Effectiveness / Cressida S. McKean -- 12. Informality and Poverty: Causal Relationship or Coincidence? / Vanessa Cartaya -- 13. Transaction Costs, Formal Plans, and Formal Informality: Alternatives to the Informal "Sector" / J. Douglas Uzzell -- 14. Contrapunto: Policy, Research, and the Role of the State / Cathy A. Rakowski.

ISBN

LCCN

93026767

OCLC

ocm28423183

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries