“...Long before China promulgated the official One Belt One Road initiatives, vast networks of cross-border exchanges have already existed across Asia and Eurasia...”

“...Labor market informality is a pervasive feature of most developing economies. Motivated by the empirical regularity that the labor informality rate falls with...”

“...Day-to-day policing represents a fundamental interface between citizens and states. Yet even in the most capable states, local policing varies enormously from...”

“...Alena Ledeneva invites you on a voyage of discovery, to explore society’s open secrets, unwritten rules and know-how practices. Broadly defined as ‘ways of...”

“...Interventions to incentivize business formalization over the past decades have shown mixed results (Bruhn and McKenzie, 2013; Bruhn and McKenzie, 2018; Floridi...”

“...Alena Ledeneva invites you on a voyage of discovery, to explore society’s open secrets, unwritten rules and know-how practices. Broadly defined as ‘ways of...”

“...The Brazilian urban reform movement expanded citizen participation in decision-making processes through a policy environment motivated by a right to the city...”

“...Colombia’s solid economic growth since early 2000s has led to significant social improvements. Since the turn of the century, extreme poverty in Colombia...”

“...This article estimates the impact of informality on profits using a new survey administered to 1,200 firms with less than 50 employees in four cities in...”

“...Like many Latin American cities, the city of Quito, Ecuador, is adopting innovative transit development like Bus Rapid Transit, cable car systems, and...”