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Can digital sharing economy platforms pull Latin America’s informal sector into the mainstream? Yes

By Albert Cañigueral

If regulators are willing to adapt, everyone will benefit.

The struggle between old and new forms of economic development, and efforts to strike a balance between them, will be a defining feature of society and business in the future.

The sharing economy is still a poorly understood concept.1 It has been defined as “an economic system in which assets or services are shared between private individuals, either for free or for a fee, typically by means of the Internet.”2 But at OuiShare, a global “think-and-do tank,” we prefer to talk about the “collaborative economy,” which encompasses not only collaborative consumption...

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