...Challenges of the Global and Informal Economies ...

... Although often conceptualized as distinct sectors, the informal and formal economies are not separate but require each other for their survival. informal economy street vendors markets ...

... The state is not a formal entity against which the informality of the streets can be contrasted. Rather, the state is itself highly informal, and many of its practices are illegal. the state informality illegality urban studies ...

... Rural dispossession provoked by neoliberalism leads to increasing urban migration from the Bolivian highlands. The Cancha grows as the informal economy absorbs surplus labor from the countryside. urbanization labor neoliberalism ...