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Journal Article
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– The case of Renta Dignidad
Part of Journal Special Issue
What sustains informality
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– The case of Renta Dignida
How social protection programmes affect work choices is a question that has been at the centre of labour economics research for decades. More recently, a scant literature has focused on the effects of social protection on work choices and informal employment in the context of low- and middle-income...
Book Chapter
– Exploring the Relationship between Urban Processes and the Drug Trade in South America
From the book:
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
Book Chapter
– Neighbourhood Organizations in El Alto and the Transformation of Bolivian Citizenship
From the book:
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
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– Exploring the Relationship between Urban Processes and the Drug Trade in South America
The relationship between the cocaine trade and urban land markets in South America has been overlooked by the mainstream economics and urban studies literature. This paper examines two avenues through which the cocaine trade can have a large impact on urban development in producer countries: (i)...
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The paper presents a theoretical model that seeks to answer the question of why former squatter settlements tend to upgrade/redevelop at a slower pace than otherwise similar settlements originating in the formal sector. We argue that squatter settlers’ initial strategy to access urban land creates a...
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