Preface Urban Informality in Latin America in Global Perspective.

The article focuses on influence of French urban sociologists such as Christian Topalov was widely acknowledged and welcomed in Latin America. It mentions Latin American contributions to theorising from the south, they are too often pigeonholed in terms of dependency theory and translation to increase the likelihood of their speaking to a wider audience. It also mentions access to credit as a strategy to promote small businesses and combat poverty and definitive resolution of tenure.