Table of Contents

chapter 1 Introduction chapter 2 Tool of All Trades chapter 3 Simple Means of Production in the Informal Economy chapter 4 The Salt Man chapter 5 Informal Means of Transportation chapter 6 Religion and the Principle of Generalized Reciprocity chapter 7 A Semi-Traditional Bakery chapter 8 Religious Rituals chapter 9 The Informal Economy and Modern Technology chapter 10 The Household Economy and Laundry Work chapter 11 Quasi-Public Transportation and Urban Congestion chapter 12 Economic Decentralization and Informal Delivery System chapter 13 The Informal Economy of Self-Reliance chapter 14 Trickling Up chapter 15 Extra-Income and Household Economy chapter 16 Informal Economy of Garage Sale chapter 17 Informal Economy in Economic Development chapter 18 Self-Created Employment by the Unemployed chapter 19 The Informal Economy of Street Entertainment chapter 20 Instantaneous Production of Art Out in Open chapter 21 Nanny and Baby Sitter chapter 22 Bazaar Economy chapter 23 Cashing on the Lost Items with Fun chapter 24 Child Labor or Growing-up Responsibly? chapter 25 Shrine Temple, Fund Raising, and Economic Development chapter 26 Carpet Weaving and Household Economy chapter 27 Re-appropriation of Food Waste into Free Lunch chapter 28 Unregistered Income from Predicting the Future chapter 29 Informalization of Healing and Cure chapter 30 Converting the Public Space into Informal Street Business chapter 31 Modernization of Street Informal Economy chapter 32 Alternative Fuel to Gasoline chapter 33 Conclusion chapter 34 Appendix 1 chapter 35 Bibliography

About the Author

Abol Hassan Danesh is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Rhode Island.