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Ride Hailing Regulations in Cali, Colombia: Towards Autonomous and Decent Work

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Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D (ICT4D 2019)

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Abstract

In this article we explore the decent work standard developed by Richard Heeks for digital online labour markets and use a review of empirical research about ride-hailing to adapt this framework to the location-based service delivery market. The framework is then tested against an in-depth analysis of informality and precarity in the ride hailing sector in Cali, Colombia. Findings show that location-based platform workers in Cali lack many decent work protections. However, the case study also demonstrates that workers are evolving creative ways to grapple with specific aspects of precarity within the ride-hailing sector. Based on this analysis, we argue that policy analysis and worker innovations need to ‘meet in the middle’ rather than follow policy recommendations emanating from other jurisdictions. We suggest some specific policy reforms that will be appropriate to the Colombian and Latin American context.

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    It is worth noting here that the Colombian Government created a decree which a tempted to regulate Transportation Platforms in Colombia, under the name of “Luxury Cabs” (Ministry of Transportation of Colombia, Decree 2297/2015). This regulation however failed because it was not substantially different from existing taxi regulations.

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Reilly, K.M.A., Lozano-Paredes, L.H. (2019). Ride Hailing Regulations in Cali, Colombia: Towards Autonomous and Decent Work. In: Nielsen, P., Kimaro, H.C. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D. ICT4D 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 551. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18400-1_35

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