By Cecily Harwitt, USLEAP Like in many other major cities of the developing world, informal activity accounts for a big part of the economy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Whether that means shining shoes on a street corner or living in a house built on occupied land, residents of these cities have chosen to live slightly outside the law rather than comply with cumbersome regulations that would make it nearly impossible for them to do the same thing legally. In Buenos Aires specifically, the subway... read more
