Securing Livelihoods: Informal Economy Practices and Institutions - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199687013 ISBN 13: 9780199687015

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Analyzes what people 'do for themselves' in the informal economy and how it relates to public policies, formal institutions, and broader socio-economic processes.

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Isabelle Hillenkamp, Research Associate, Institute of Socio-Economics, University of Geneva,Frederic Lapeyre, Senior Employment and Informal Economy Specialist, International Labour Organization,Andreia Lemaitre, Lecturer in Development Studies, Universite catholique de Louvain

Isabelle Hillenkamp is Research Associate at the Institute of Socio-Economics, University of Geneva, attached to the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research - LIVES. Her research focuses on the informal and popular economy in Latin America, with particular interest in community and solidarity projects. Before joining the University of Geneva, she was a post-doctoral researcher at the University San Andres of La Paz (Bolivia) and the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in Paris. She holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.


Frederic Lapeyre is senior employment and informal economy specialist and Manager of the ILO-Technical Cooperation Project for Youth Employment in Katanga (PAEJK), International Labour Organization. He holds a PhD in Development Studies. Previously he was Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, Chairman of the Belgium Post-Graduate School for Development Studies, and Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellow at Brown University (Watson Institute for International Studies). His recent publications include 'The Contributions of the United Nations to Development Theory and Practices' (with R. Jolly, L. Emmerij and D. Ghai) and 'Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World' (with A. Bhalla).


Andreia Lemaitre is socio-economist and Lecturer in Development Studies at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. She is a member of the Centre for Development Studies (DVLP) and of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Work, State and Society (CIRTES). She holds a PhD in political and social sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain and the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, France. She was also a post-doctoral Fellow at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Hague. Her research focuses on popular and solidarity-based economy in the South, mainly in Latin America, and on substantive approaches to the economy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199687013
• ISBN 13: 9780199687015
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Hillenkamp Isabelle, Lapeyre Frederic, Lemaitre Andreia