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

by J.J. Thomas

Book Overview

Examines the argument that the informal sector economy in Latin America is desirable in order to provide a breeding ground for entrepreneurs. The text addresses key issues such as social protection,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745308287
• ISBN13: 9780745308289
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Surviving in the City

One of the striking locational changes since the end of the Second World War has been the massive urbanization that has occurred in developing countries, particularily in Latin America where levels of urban population are higher than in Africa and Asia. In many regions of Latin America the informal urban economy is often the main form of economic activity in the city streets and shanty towns where economic activity is not controlled by law or taxation. J. J. Thomas challenges the popular argument that the informal sector economy is desirable in order to provide a breeding ground for entrepreneurs, by examining what is actually happening in the urban informal sector. Addressing key themes such as the debt crisis and structural adjustment, poverty, gender, children, social protection, housing and the future of the urban informal sector, and framing the study within the context of present developments in the Latin American economy, this text provides a succint and accessible introduction to the subject. --- from book's back cover