Surviving in the City: The Urban Informal Sector in Latin America

Abstract

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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