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COLETTO, Diego. The informal economy and employment in Brazil : Latin America, modernization, and social changes. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010This book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil. Using an ethnographic approach, the author shows the social and economic processes that allow the informal economy to be reproduced, revealing the complex and heterogeneous relations between the formal and the informal parts of economy.- The informal economy dilemmas: old and new views- Catadores and catadoras (the garbage collectors)- Ambulantes and camelôs (the street vendors)- Sacoleiras and sacoleiros (door-to-door saleswomen and commercial agents)- Informality, regulation, and developmentRead the book online...