Securing livelihoods : informal economy practices and institutions
ed. by Isabelle Hillenkamp, Frédéric Lapeyre, and Andreia Lemaître
| Year of publication: |
2013 ; 1. ed.
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| Other Persons: | Hillenkamp, Isabelle (contributor) ; Lapeyre, Frédéric (contributor) ; Lemaître, Andreia (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press |
| Subject: | Informelle Wirtschaft | Informal economy | Mikrofinanzierung | Microfinance | Soziale Lage | Social situation | Südamerika | South America | Afrika | Africa | Brasilien | Brazil | Bolivien | Bolivia | Argentinien | Argentina | Kongo (Republik) | Congo (Republic) | Marokko | Morocco | Burkina Faso | Ghana | Ruanda | Rwanda | Kenia | Kenya | Ecuador | Türkei | Turkey |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | XXI, 296 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Enth. 13 Beitr. Introduction: informal economy, vulnerabilities, and popular security-enhancing practices / Isabelle Hillenkamp, Frédéric Lapeyre, and Andreia LemaîtrePart 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 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 SaiagMicrocredit policies in Brazil: an analysis of community development banks / Jeová Carvalho de França Filho, Ariádne Scalfoni Rigo, and Jeová Torres Silva Júnior Part III. Formalizing the informal? A critical assessment. Determinants of earning in informal self-employment: the case of Ghana / James Heintz and Lynda PickbournFrom the street to the store: the formalization of street vendors in Quito, Ecuador / Sergio Ferragut and Georgina M. Gómez 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 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 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. |
| ISBN: | 0-19-968701-3 ; 978-0-19-968701-5 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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