List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1. Gender, Ethnicity and the Informal Sector in Trinidad: An Introduction 2. Current Perspectives on Informality, Employment and Development 3. Perspectives on Caribbean Development 4. Work, Employment and the Informal Sector in Trinidad: An Overview 5. Informal Sector Food Production, Distribution and Retailing 6. Informal Sector Petty Commodity Production, Service Provision and Retailing 7. Gendered and Racialised Spaces: Petty Commodity Trading in Trinidad 8. "Like we beggin on de streets": The Gendering of Street Lives and Working Identities 9. Governmental Response to Informal Employment: Micro Level Support as a Strategy for Development 10. The Socio-Spatial Geography of the Informal Sector in Trinidad Bibliography Index