Analyses the evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the increasing role of transnational companies for the domestic economies of three Latin American countries in the period 1990-2003. Describes the impact of FDI on employment and wages of different sectors and the shift from the State...

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...