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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Is informal normal? Is informal normal? Johannes P. Jutting The informal sector deprives states of revenues and workers of social protection. It also, however, frequently constitutes the most dynamic part of the economy and creates massive employment. Informa… OL18552026W
Street vendors in the global urban economy Street vendors in the global urban economy Sharit Bhowmik Contributed articles. OL18616175W
Linking the formal and informal economy Linking the formal and informal economy Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis,S. M. Ravi Kanbur xvii, 294 pages : 24 cm OL18806116W
Building China Building China Sarah Christine Swider "Roughly 260 million workers in China have participated in a mass migration of peasants moving into the cities, and construction workers account for almost half of them. In Building China, Sarah Swid… OL19337777W
Informal sector in India Informal sector in India Alakh N. Sharma,Amitabh Kundu Selected papers presented at a seminar during 1997 in Delhi, India. OL19454214W
Non-observed economy in national accounts Non-observed economy in national accounts United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe This publication presents an overview of current practices of 43 countries in measuring the non-observed economy. It focuses on the description of methods used and includes quantitative examples and … OL19891187W
Floating city Floating city Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh Based on Venkatesh's interviews with New York City prostitutes and socialites, immigrants and academics, high end drug bosses and street-level dealers, "Floating City" exposes the underground as the … OL19970083W
Neoliberalism from below Neoliberalism from below Verónica Gago "In Neoliberalism from Below--first published in Argentina in 2014--Verónica Gago examines how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, an… OL20638034W
Urbanisation, slums, informal sector employment, and poverty Urbanisation, slums, informal sector employment, and poverty Arup Mitra With special reference to the class I cities of India. OL2278501W
Foreign exchange black markets in Latin America Foreign exchange black markets in Latin America Robert E. Grosse "Examines how and why foreign exchange black (i.e., parallel) markets function, as well as their economic impact. Includes case studies for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, and Peru. Valuable co… OL3461188W
Género en la informalidad Género en la informalidad Olga Goldenberg "Offers series of 'testimonials' from five of the six countries of Spanish Central America (not El Salvador). Additionally, provides the theoretical, historical, and methodological background for the… OL3659032W
From the roots up From the roots up David P. Ross Advocates that government policy should recognize and support the informal economy, viz. that portion of a nation's production and goods exchange which is conducted largely without the use of currenc… OL3815805W
Wages of Crime Wages of Crime R. T. Naylor "R. T. Naylor specializes in the study of smuggling, black markets, and international financial crime. Wages of Crime takes the reader into the shadowy underworld of modern criminal business - arms t… OL865580W