TY  - GEN
AU  - Monteferrante, Patricia
AU  - Freije, Samuel
TI  - Common Problems of Back Door Neighbors: Social Security and Informal Employment in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela (Executive Summary)
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/07/19
DO  - 10.18235/0012248
AB  - The causes of informality are many and range from imperfections in existing legislation and segmentation of the labor markets to macroeconomic adjustment programs and globalization. Some see in informality a mechanism for escaping unemployment, while for others it generates a spirit of entrepreneurship. The study has two objectives: i) To evaluate the degree of poverty and lack of social protection of informal workers in three of the region¿s countries: Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. ii) To recommend mechanisms for broadening social security and assistance coverage of informal workers in the selected countries.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0012248
ER  -