Provides a conceptual and normative framework for developing an appropriate policy response to some of the problems posed by the informal economy.

Gives examples of local institutional assistance to the urban informal sector. Reviews trends from 1983 to 1990.

Against the popular perception that the New Order economic policymaking was subservient to the interests of capital and oriented towards the market, empirical analysis suggests that economic policymaking of the era was indeed centralistic and state-centered. While capital owners could influence...

The process of globalization causes an increasing intensity of institutional competition, i.e. competition among national suppliers of institutional arrangements for mobile factors. This often leads to the conclusion that the competence of national economic policy actors is decreasing. As a...