num_pages: 197
description: Using data from local surveys interviews and national statistics this comparative study of two Central American cities similarly positioned in the world economy looks at how people make a living outside the mainstream of economic life in the informal economy what opportunities they have for social mobility and how state policies affect their life chances.
language: English
title: Developing Poverty: The State, Labor Market Deregulation, and the Informal Economy in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic
publisher: Penn State University Press