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  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo: Vendedoras e Vendedores de Rua da Região Metropolitana de Lima

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  • Journal Articles

    Linking Trade and Labour Standards: A Promising Synergy or Double-edged Sword? Acta Juridica

    Trade liberalisation is increasingly promoted and regulated through regional, bilateral or unilateral trade arrangements. In recent years...

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  • Journal Articles

    Land, Life, and Security: An Interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua

    Abstract: This is an interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua and Oscar Berríos from...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

    Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Sector and Social Policy: Compendium of Personal and Technical Reflections. Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure and Dialogue Program

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  • Research Reports

    Unregulated work in the global city: Employment and labor violations in New York City

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  • Journal Articles

    Sociological Inquiry

    Abstract: Most research on the informal economy concentrates on how the informal economy operates at the international and regional levels...

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal Urbanism in the USA: New Challenges for Theory and PracticePlanning Theory and Practice

    Devlin describes the case of immigrant food vendors in an area of Brooklyn and how as they became more popular with better off New Yorkers...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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  • Working Papers

    The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile

    This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,...

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