| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 271 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: El otro sendero. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Migration -- A Hostile Reception -- From Migrants to Informals -- Informal Housing -- The Informal Acquisition of Property -- The Historical Evolution of Informal Housing -- The Long March toward Private Property -- Informal Trade -- Types of Informal Trade -- The Historical Evolution of Informal Trade -- The March toward Markets -- Informal Transport -- Types of Informal Transport -- The Historical Evolution of Informal Transport -- The Mystery of Cyclical Bankruptcies -- The Costs and Importance of the Law -- The Costs of Formality -- The Costs of Access -- The Costs of Informality -- The National Economic Consequences of the Costs of Formality and Informality -- The Law as a Determinant of Development -- The Redistributive Tradition -- The Parallel with Mercantilism -- The Characteristics of Mercantilism -- Peru: A Mercantilist Country? -- The Decline of Mercantilism and the Emergence of Informals -- Collapse -- The Social Relevance of Legal Institutions -- Violence -- The Survival of Mercantilism -- Political Voluntarism -- Left- and Right-Wing Mercantilists -- The Promise of Human Capital -- An Agenda for Change -- Final Remarks. |
| Subject |
Informal sector (Economics) -- Peru.
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Bureaucracy -- Peru.
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| Added Author |
Instituto Libertad y Democracia (Lima, Peru)
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| Added Title |
Otro sendero. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Soto, Hernando de, 1941- Otro sendero. English. Other path. 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1989 (OCoLC)647382313 |
| ISBN |
0060160209 |
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9780060160203 |
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1850431442 TAURIS |
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9781850431442 TAURIS |
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0060916400 |
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9780060916404 |
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