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The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city

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Lissette Aliaga Linares
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Lissette Aliaga Linares.  "The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city" in  International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 38 Issue: 7-8 pp.651-672 (Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited)

Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.

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Informal Economy Topic
Public Space
Occupational group
Street / Market vendors
Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia
Bogota
Peru
Lima
Language
English
Publication Type
Research Papers

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