1. THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN A GLOBALISED WORLD
A pro-active response to emerging opportunities
Víctor E. Tokman
OEA
Washington, D.C.
Mayo 11 th, 2004

2. I FROM SURVIVAL TO INTEGRATION
Major changes in the global and national economies
 new opportunities (productive descentralization)
 new problems (increased exclusion)
 The challenge is to link IS to dynamic markets

3. II FROM INDIVIDUALISM TO MODERN LABOR CULTURE
New strategies for competitiveness
 Change in individual and group behaviour
 Lessons from new entrepreneurial culture in globalization

4. III FROM INFORMALITY TO ECONOMIC CITIZENSHIP
Present policies: between persecution and recognition
 Regulatory system: common or dual
 How to ease integration: entitlements to comply with obligations
 Full economic citizenship