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News and Events: News Articles
A Sampling of Articles that reflect topics concerning
informal economy.
- "Vendors Survived Cortés, but
Now . . ." by Tim Weiner. Story about Displaced
Mexico City Street Vendors. New York Times,
October 10, 2002
- "SWAZILAND: Focus on the informal
business sector MBABANE" - The informal business sector,
usually dismissed by economic planners and their balance
sheets, is taking on increasing importance in Swaziland
as the government struggles to battle poverty and unemployment.
UNITED NATIONS (IRIN)
17 September
- "Lack of Standards = Race to Bottom
- From North-South to South-South,
by Robert J.S. Ross and Anita Chan. Foreign Affairs, Sept - Oct 2002
- India-IFC Helps to Tap New Export Markets
to Support Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) International
Finance Corporation press release May 2, 2002.
- A review of Levi's Children: Coming to
Terms with Human Rights in the Global Marketplace by Karl Schoenberger.288pp. New
York: Atlantic Monthly Press,2000.
- "Interview of the Week" India Times reporter
Purba Kalita interviews Ela Bhatt about SEWA and the riots in
India. India Times
- "Court Says First Amendment Doesn't Shield
Nike From Suit" by STEVEN GREENHOUSE. From May 3, 2002
New York Times Business
Section.
- "HOME FRONT; Temps Are the First to Feel
a Downturn " by Leslie Eaton. From April
21 New York Times Business Section.
- "Lima Street Vendors Caught Between Police
and Poverty" by David Gonzalez. From Jan
6 New York Times International Section.
- "As the Rich Do Without Extras, Service
Workers Do Without" Service workers depend on the consumption
habits of the wealthy for much of their income. But as the wealthy
trim their spending habits in the post 9-11 economy, service workers
are getting hit hard. From Nov
29 New York Times.
- "Revenue sharing, anyone?" Op/Ed by Robert
Kuttner. Kuttner outlines the need for revenue sharing as the
economy turns downward and state/local governments fail to balence
their budgets. From Nov
19 Boston Globe.
- "The Vanishing Act", Op Ed by Robert Herbert.
Herbert fears that as economic prosperity vanishes, the American
saftey net in the form of reformed welfare will prove insufficient
to deal with America's needy. From Nov
19 New York Times.
- New York Times Opinion by Robert Reich
on an inadequate system of social protection in America from Nov
12 New York Times.
- The impact of September 11 on low paying
jobs in Nov
6 New York Times.
- October 23 Associated Press: Deborah King
Article on Layoffs in post September 11 economy. Oct
23 AP
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