Securing livelihoods : informal economy practices and institutions / edited by Isabelle Hillenkamp, Frédéric Lapeyre, and Andreia Lemaître.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hillenkamp, Isabelle.

Lapeyre, Frédéric, 1967-

Lemaître, Andreia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Informal sector (Economics).

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Microfinance.

Physical Description:

xxi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction: informal economy, vulnerabilities, and popular security-enhancing practices / Isabelle Hillenkamp, Frédéric Lapeyre, and Andreia Lemaître

Part I. A plurality of socio-economic logics: new Polanyian approaches to informality and vulnerability. Popular cooperatives and local development in South-East Brazil: towards socio-economic pluralism / Andreia Lemaître

Solidarity and protection in Bolivian popular economy / Isabelle Hillenkamp

Self-managed work, social protection, and community development: the case of the UST Cooperative (Argentina) / Gonzalo Vázquez

An analysis of the socio-economic logics underpinning formal and informal strategies for coping with economic hardships in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo / Maïté le Polain and Marthe Nyssens

Part II. The role of financial practices and institutions in securing livelihoods. Financial practices as adaptations to increasing vulnerability: the dynamics of solidarity and protection in the suburbs of Rosario, Argentina / Hadrien Saiag

Microcredit policies in Brazil: an analysis of community development banks / Jeová Carvalho de França Filho, Ariádne Scalfoni Rigo, and Jeová Torres Silva Júnior

Demand for microcredit, informal finance and vulnerability in rural Morocco / Salène Morvant-Roux, Isabelle Guérin, and Marc Roesch

Informal and formal microfinance in urban Sub-Saharan African markets: The case of micro-entrepreneurs in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso / Pierre-Germain Umuhire and Marthe Nyssens

Exploring the black-box of economic informality: social networks and institutional change among micro and small enterprises in Nairobi, Kenya / Edoardo Totolo

Part III. Formalizing the informal? A critical assessment. Determinants of earning in informal self-employment: the case of Ghana / James Heintz and Lynda Pickbourn

From the street to the store: the formalization of street vendors in Quito, Ecuador / Sergio Ferragut and Georgina M. Gómez

Formalizing the informal in Rwanda: from artisanal to modern brick and tile ovens / An Ansoms and Jude Murison

Neoliberal reforms, regulatory change, and the informal economy: the case of Turkey from a comparative perspective / Basak Kus

Postface: another look at the informal sector, its many stakes and challenges / Jean-Philippe Peemans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199687013

9780199687015

OCLC:

837948125