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This book presents significant new research on the informal labour markets of developing countries. Examining the critical role of informal labour markets in allowing countries to adjust successfully to the forces of globalization, this volume also brings to the fore a number of problems associated with the expansion of informal employment. CHRISTOPHER ADAM Reader in Development Economics, University of Oxford, UK JON PEDRO W. DE AZEVEDO Research Associate, Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil INDRANEEL DASGUPTA Reader, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK RALITZA DIMOVA Lecturer, Economics and Finance Department, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK ABIODUN O. FOLAWEWO Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Jamaica IRA N. GANG Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USA MICHAEL GRIMM Professor of Economics, University of Gttingen, Germany ISABEL GNTHER Research Fellow and Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Gttingen, Germany JOHN S. LANDON-LANE Assistant Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USA DUBYENDU S. MAITI Research Officer, Reserve Bank of India Endowment, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India SUGATA MARJIT Reserve Bank of India Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India and Professor of Economics, City University, Hong Kong ARUP MITRA Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, India and Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan SAM O. OLOFIN Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Econometric and Allied Research (CEAR), University of Ibadan, Nigeria ANUSHREE SINHA Senior Fellow and Chief Economist, NCAER, India EDUARDO SOJO Co-ordinator, Cabinet for Economic and Social Areas, President of Mexico and Head, Office for Public Policies, Presidential Office, Mexico TULUS TAMBUNAN Lecturer and Researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Trisakti, Indonesia ROBERTO VILLARREAL Head of Unit for Social and Regional Policies, Office for Public Policies, Presidential Office, Mexico GUANGHUA WAN Senior Research Fellow and Programme and Project Director, UNU-WIDER, Finland YUCHUN ZHU Associate Professor, College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, China
