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Ramos Soto, Ana Luz. "Sector informal, economía informal e informalidad / Informal sector, informal economy and informality." RIDE Revista Iberoamericana para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Educativo 6, no. 11 (2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.23913/ride.v6i11.172.

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El objetivo de la presente propuesta es analizar la economía informal y cómo esta participa en la generación de autoempleo en la economía mexicana. Para ello se describen los conceptos del sector informal, la informalidad y la economía informal, y se analizan diferentes indicadores que permiten medir el fenómeno de estudio. En el trabajo de campo se utilizaron fuentes de información secundaria que permitieron identificar el porcentaje de la población ocupada en este sector durante el periodo 2003-2015, constatando así que 13.5 millones de personas formaron parte del sector informal en el año 2

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Himchenko, A. N., and S. V. Degtyarev. "Informal economy: employment in the informal sector of the economy." Society, Economy, Management 6, no. 2 (2021): 62–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.47475/2618-9852-2021-16211.

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Naidoo, GP, and TI Fenyes. "Quantitative linkages between the formal and informal sectors in the South African economy." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 6, no. 4 (2003): 693–723. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v6i4.1513.

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The need to quantify the impact of the informal sector has thus far not received adequate attention so as to allow policy makers, informal sector enterprises and the formal sector to determine which specific areas of the economy should be further analysed for the purposes of ascertaining the linkages that exist between the formal and informal sectors. In this study, an attempt is made to quantify the linkages between the formal and informal sector, using the 1993 South African Input–Output Table. By disaggregating the formal and informal sectors, it has been possible to determine specific coef

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Aikaeli, Jehovaness, Beatrice Kalinda Mkenda, and Finn Tarp. "Beyond the formal economy: employment and income perspectives in Tanzania." Tanzanian Economic Review 14, no. 2 (2024): 208–34. https://doi.org/10.56279/ter.v14i2.203.

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This study investigates employment and earnings levels in Tanzania's informal and formal sectors, as well as the factors that determine them. Despite growth in the economy, insufficient job creation in the formal sector has rendered the informal sector an inevitable source of employment for youths. We use the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to examine the disparity between formal and informal earnings, and Quantile Regression to investigate the factors that determine earning differentials across income groups. Among key findings are: first, there are major differences in average earnings between

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S.P., Prakruthi. "INFORMAL SECTOR IN INDIA." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 6, S2 (2019): 149–51. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2633469.

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<em>The Informal Sector of the economy refers to the household based manufacturing activity and small scale and tiny sector of industry and in Indian informal sector contributes more GDP and Employment opportunities. The present paper has based upon the secondary studies to the role of informal sector in India and how many people given employment opportunities and how many problems facing and government programmes through the Informal sector in Indian Economy. </em>

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Larosa, Wilan Rias Mei, and Atriani Halawa. "Analisis Strategi Optimalisasi Penerimaan Pajak Di Sektor Ekonomi Informal." Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi dan Bisnis 1, no. 1 (2024): 15–19. https://doi.org/10.70134/jukoni.v1i1.21.

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This study aims to analyze tax revenue optimization strategies in the informal economy sector in Indonesia, which is one of the largest sectors but has not been fully exploited in national tax revenue. In this research, a qualitative approach is used with a case study method on small and medium enterprises operating in the informal sector. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, observations, and literature studies related to taxation policies and characteristics of the informal economy sector. The results show that the main obstacles to tax revenue in this sector are low tax awarenes

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Tahir, Nadia, and Pervez Tahir. "Is Informal Sector Employment Marginal to Formal Sector Growth?" Pakistan Development Review 51, no. 4II (2012): 543–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v51i4iipp.543-564.

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Pakistan has adopted a neoliberal regime to open the economy to global competition and reduce the role of the state. This directional change brought increased flow of overseas remittances, speculative investment, and consumerism. Consequently, the economy in mid-2000s grew but commodity-producing sector contracted. Public sector spending has been falling, especially on social sectors. There are inadequate provisions for social security and employment based income guarantees. However, this growth and stability was short lived and there is now a fragile state and slowing economy. In the absence

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Mughal, Khurrum S., and Friedrich G. Schneider. "How Informal Sector Affects the Formal Economy in Pakistan? A Lesson for Developing Countries." South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance 9, no. 1 (2020): 7–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2277978719898975.

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We explore the interaction of the informal sector with the formal economy for a developing economy, that is, Pakistan. Estimation results are obtained via autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach, which show a significantly positive effect of the informal sector in the long run whereas a negative impact of informal sector is found in the short run. We also present dynamic simulations to show the effect/contribution in terms of revised GDP per capita if the informal sector is accounted for in official statistics. The novelty of results is the varying effects of the informal

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Jamal, Sekali. "Estimation of the Informal Economy in Morocco." African Scientific Journal Vol 3, N° 6 (2021): 086. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5648345.

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<strong>Résumé :</strong> Le but de cet article est d'estimer la taille de l'économie informelle au Maroc, de décrire son développement de 1998 à 2018. Le modèle MIMIC indique que l'économie informelle du Maroc a eu tendance à augmenter pendant la période 1998-2018, en particulier à partir de 2002. Cela présente de nombreux défis auxquels le Maroc doit faire face pour gérer et contrôler l'expansion de ce secteur. L'analyse et l'identification des causes de la croissan

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S. M. P., Senanayake, Wimalaratana W., and Premaratne S. P. "Informal Sector and the Economy in Sri Lanka: A Survey of Literature." Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies 22, no. 03 (2015): 141–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.24311/jabes/2015.22.3.07.

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It is customary to include all economic activities that are not officially regulated as informal sector activities. The usual definitions used to distinguish the informal sector from the formal one appear to be problematic or fussy at their edges. This dichotomy is not mutually exclusive as often thought but is in fact interdependent in many respects. It is also argued that informal enterprises often move upwards in a hierarchy of organizational forms and finally end up as formal sector units through vertical linkages. The informal sector provides jobs for very vulnerable low-income groups in

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Gupta, Preeti, Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra, Niranjan Devkota, Dipak Bahadur Adhikari, and Udaya Raj Paudel. "Determinants of Informal Workers’ Readiness to Transition towards Formal Economy: Empirical Evidence from Nepal." Journal of Development and Administrative Studies 30, no. 1-2 (2022): 33–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jodas.v30i1-2.69527.

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The informal sector in Nepal plays a significant role, encompassing over 70% of the economically active population. However, informal workers face numerous challenges, including violence, exploitation, lack of rights, and inadequate protection against income loss due to sickness or old age. This study examines the readiness of informal business sectors in Kathmandu Valley to transition to formal business sectors. An analytical research design was used, involving 400 respondents from the informal sector. The study evaluated the readiness index based on legal and policy frameworks, socioeconomic

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Wang, Ziao. "Informal Economy and Institutional Quality." BCP Business & Management 18 (April 13, 2022): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v18i.530.

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This paper examines the relationship between different dimensions of institutional quality and informal sector size using a large dataset covering 140 countries. It included the most recent data (from the year 2019) of informal sector size (measured as a percent of GDP) and several different institutional quality variables, which include corruption control, law and order, bureaucracy quality, military in politics, democratic accountability, ethnic tensions, and religious tensions. A simple correlation analysis indicates that the correlation of informality with law and order, corruption control

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Moyo, Melody, and Nathaniel Chimhete. "Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis and the Shebeen Sector in Bulawayo, 2007-08." African Studies Quarterly 21, no. 4 (2023): 14–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/asq.21.4.135899.

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Between 2000 and 2008 Zimbabwe experienced an economic crisis that reached its peak in 2007 and 2008. Africanists who have written about the informal sector in general and those who have written about the informal sector during periods of economic crises in particular have emphasized the inverse relationship between the formal economy and the expansion of informal sectors: that economic problems in the formal sectors of the economy led to the expansion of the informal sectors. This meta narrative, however, obscures the experiences of other sectors of the economy during the same period. Using p

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Patiño C, Omar Alonso, and Carlos Salcedo-Pérez. "Microfinancing for informal enterprises: perspectives in Colombia/ Microfinanciamento para empresas informais: perspectivas na Colômbia." Brazilian Journal of Development 8, no. 4 (2022): 24301–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.34117/bjdv8n4-103.

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Informal economy is a phenomenon present in all Latin American countries. It causes lower level of productivity and social problems given the fact that informal workers do not have social benefits neither the possibility of having a retirement fund if they keep in the informal market. Reducing the size of the informal sector of the economy is a step that must be taken in order to improve the economic and social situation. One important factor of a policy to reduce the size of informal economy is the access to credit to entrepreneurs. This paper summarizes briefly the situation of informal econ

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RINOJ P K, RINOJ P. K. "A study on Unorganized Sector and India’s Informal Economy." Paripex - Indian Journal Of Research 3, no. 7 (2012): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22501991/july2014/47.

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Mahata, Sushobhan, Rohan Kanti Khan, and Ranjanendra Narayan Nag. "Economic Recession, Informal Sector and Skilled–Unskilled Wage Disparity in a Developing Economy: A Trade-Theoretical Analysis." Foreign Trade Review 55, no. 2 (2020): 168–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0015732519894132.

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The paper analyses some selective aspects of economic crises, namely skilled-sector recession, reversed international migration of labour and decline in foreign capital inflow on the informal sector employment and wage rate in developing economies and seeks to explain the non-monotonic effect on the informal sector both across nations and within nation across sectors. In so doing, we develop three-sector General Equilibrium models under two different scenarios which may apply to a large class of emerging market economies. In the first model, we have a traded informal export sector, and the rol

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DiRienzo, Cassandra E., and Jayoti Das. "Formal Female Entrepreneurship and the Shadow Economy." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 13, no. 5(J) (2021): 63–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v13i5(j).3222.

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Although female entrepreneurship yields products, markets, and business models that might not exist otherwise and are relevant to economic growth and development as well as issues related to gender equality, the factors that drive female entrepreneurship is largely understudied. The primary objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the size of a country’s informal sector and the prevalence of female entrepreneurship in the formal economy. This relationship is empirically tested using a regression analysis that employs a cross-country data set of 70 countries. The analysis

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Maryam, Amna, and Sara Rizvi Jafree. "Sociodemographics of Formal and Informal Sector Women Workers of Pakistan and a Comparison of their Perceived and Practiced Autonomy." Global Sociological Review VII, no. I (2022): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(vii-i).11.

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The majority of Pakistani women are employed in the informal sector of the economy, devoid of protection, safety, and employment benefits, which prevents them from having autonomy. In this study, we aimed to identify (i) the differences in socio-demographic characteristics of formal versus informal sector women workers and (ii) compare the perceived and practised autonomy between the two groups. We used a convenience sample of 150 women, half each from the informal and formal sectors of the economy, specifically the teaching sector. We were able to find through mean analysis that women from th

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Singh, Dr Jeet. "THE ROAD AHEAD FOR INDIAN ECONOMY POST COVID-19." Sambodhi 43, no. 4 (2020): 107–11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14916116.

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The most recent GDP data for India has reported negative growth of 23.9% for the quarter ending June 2020. One may easily blame COVID-19 for this massive economic shock but do we understand the threat of COVID-19 in its entirety or how other factors played a role? The answer is NO. It is quite simple to review these numbers and make a prediction for the future, based on statistics, as all rating agencies typically do, but when it comes to India, the answer may be a bit different. Like all other countries, India is divided into the formal and informal sector. As per the NITI Aayog data from an

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ÖZER, Muhammed Yusuf. "INFORMAL SECTOR AND INSTITUTIONS." Theoretical and Practical Research in the Economic Fields 13, no. 2 (2022): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505/tpref.v13.2(26).07.

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In this paper, I investigate the relationship between informal sector size and various institutional quality variables: government stability, external conflict, internal conflict, corruption control, military influence over politics, religious tensions, ethnic tensions, law-and-order, democratic quality, and bureaucratic accountability. To this end, I use annual cross-country panel data covering 130 countries from 1990 to 2018. Having conducted a correlation analysis, the size of informal economy and institutional quality indicators are inversely linked. The most crucial institutional quality

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PETROVA, KAMELIIA. "ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS." Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 21, no. 02 (2016): 1650010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1084946716500102.

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This paper presents an empirical study investigating the effect of entrepreneurship on the incidence of informal employment. It builds upon economic models exploring the determinants of informal economy by analyzing the role played by institutions and policies and their effect on the informal sector. Among policies examined are payroll and severance taxes, labor and product market regulations, unemployment benefits, firing and hiring costs, enforcement of financial contracts and financial costs. The empirical analysis is based on a panel data approach. The main result of the paper supports the

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BALOGUN, Michael. "INFORMAL ECONOMY SECTOR AS A CATALYST FOR NIGERIAN ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: A REVIEW." International Journal of Economic Policy 2, no. 1 (2022): 44–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/ijecop.921.

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Purpose: The informal economy is a major part of the global economy sector that provides the needed development approach through the use of local aspects, small market size and social capital generated by the sector for sustainability. This paper assessed the impacts or important of the informal sector on the economy development of Nigerian and its challenges for sustainability. Methodology: The Max Weber and Dudley Seers social developmental theory were used to explain the study, while some importance and challenges of the sector were explored. Results: The paper therefore conclud

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Biju, Joseph. "Countering the Regressive for Progressiveness: COVID-19 and Women." Social Science Journal for Advanced Research 5, no. 3 (2025): 23–32. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15542248.

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The concept of economic development comprises of several factors, which include social, political, economic and other spheres of human life. The contribution of human resource to economic growth cannot be discarded in this respect. As they contribute enormously to the development process, irrespective of gender, age, and nature of job etc. people both men and women contribute to nation’s development by engaging in economic activities in the process of meeting their livelihood. Like formal sector, informal sector is also an important source of income, employment and social status to the m

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Carranco Paredes, Santiago Francisco. "informal Economy in Ecuador." INNOVA Research Journal 3, no. 9 (2018): 44–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.33890/innova.v3.n9.2018.624.

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This paper will analyse the effects of the economic changes that Correa’s government introduced on Ecuadorian policies, mainly focussing on the consequence that this policy had on the informal sector and unemployment. There aims of this work is to discuss how this modification to the economical policies have contributed to the development of the country and analyse the sustainability of the mentioned policies in order to contribute to the understanding about the informal economy from a non-western perspective, in this case using as an example the case of Ecuador.

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Hedhli Mayssa and Hadhek Zouhaier. "Informal economy in Tunisia." Eximia 13 (August 5, 2024): 681–714. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/eximia.v13i1.496.

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Informality has been a phenomenon that has existed in Tunisia for a long time; it expanded with the Tunisian revolution. The relationship between informal economy and GDP varies in only one direction, that is to say only informality has a negative effect on growth...The expansion of the informal sector comes back to the problem of economic freedom, Tunisia is among the least economically free countries also the political institutional framework such as the problem of government efficiency, the high level of corruption and political instability are among the explanatory variables of informality

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Khadka, Gopal. "Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Informal Sector’s Women in Damak, Jhapa." Patan Pragya 8, no. 01 (2021): 85–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/pragya.v8i01.42423.

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Economic sectors are broadly categorized as formal and informal sectors. Informal sector is also known as informal economy and grey economy. Informal sectors are beyond the monitoring system and tax system of government. To explore social and economic effects ofcovid-19 on informal sector’s women, this study is conducted as the title of effects of covid-19 pandemic on informal sector’s women in damak, Jhapa. It is based on the theoretical assumption of feminism. It employs exploratory research design and is based on both primary and secondary sources of data. The study revealed that there are

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Charmes, Jacques, Fred Gault, and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent. "Measuring innovation in the informal economy – formulating an agenda for Africa." Journal of Intellectual Capital 19, no. 3 (2018): 536–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jic-11-2016-0126.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review options for measuring innovation in the informal sector and proposes an agenda for future work. Design/methodology/approach It starts with a review of surveys of innovation in the formal business sector, and related definitions, as sources of questions and definitions which could be applied to the informal sector. Then, labor force surveys, and those that are combined with establishment surveys to measure informal sector activities, are examined with a view to adding questions, or modules, on the measurement of innovation in the informal sector. I

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Njoda Mathurin, Tchakounté, and Hamit Halou Chalout. "Income Concentration, Market Size and Informal Sector in Africa." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 5, no. 1 (2019): 7–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.18775/ijied.1849-7551-7020.2015.51.2001.

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In this study, we analyze the link between income concentration and the size of the informal sector. We construct a simple model where income concentration determines demand and firms decide whether to operate in the formal or the informal economy is outlined. The government collects taxes and returns them to society either as a productive public good for its use by formal firms or as transfers to the poor. It is further postulated that income distribution affects the response of the informal sector to different fiscal policies, either demand or supply-orientated. In this case, redistribution

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Mhando, Peter C. "Managing in the Informal Economy: The Informal Financial Sector in Tanzania." Africa Journal of Management 4, no. 3 (2018): 282–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2018.1516444.

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Balogun, Michael Adelakun. "Informal Economy Sector as a Catalyst for Nigerian Economy Development and Sustainability: A Review." Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 13, no. 4 (2022): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2022-0030.

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Informal economy sector is a major part of the global economy that provides the needed or alternative economy development approach for sustainability. This paper assessed the impacts of informal sector on the economy development of Nigerian and its challenges for sustainability. The Max Weber and Dudley Seers social developmental theory were used to explained the study, while some importance and challenges of the sector were explored. The paper therefore concluded that since informal economy sector can improve/encourage economic standard of individuals and reduce the focus from globalized to t

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M., Madegowda. "WORK FORCE OF UNORGANISED SECTOR IN INDIAN ECONOMY- A REVIEW." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 6, S2 (2019): 170–76. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2580679.

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<em>India’s economy has different workforce in terms of size and dimensions compared to global workforce - there is both formal and informal sector which contributes to the growth and development of Indian Economy. In the past decades, it is the formal sector which has got more attention and benefits from the State compared to the informal sector; rather the informal sector has remained very much neglected by the State. It is recently that Government of India is making attempts to bring in some policy for the welfare of workers in the Informal sector.</em>

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Pitoyo, Agus Joko, Bagas Aditya, and Ikhwan Amri. "The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic to informal economic sector in Indonesia: Theoretical and empirical comparison." E3S Web of Conferences 200 (2020): 03014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202020003014.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global multidimensional crisis, one of its impacts being the crisis on the informal economy. This paper presents a review of the effects of this pandemic on the informal economy, coupled with empirical evidence based on surveys conducted in Indonesia. Data used in this study was collected by an online survey during the pandemic. Theoretically, there are two points of view about the informal economy roles during a crisis: optimistic views that see informal economy survive in a crisis and pessimistic views that see the ongoing informal economy continue to suffe

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Yelwa, Mohammed, and A. J. Adam. "Informality and Economic Growth in Nigeria: 1980-2014." Journal of Economics and Public Finance 3, no. 3 (2017): 405. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/jepf.v3n3p405.

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<p><em>The paper examines the impact of informal sector activities on economic growth in Nigeria between 1980-2014. The contributions of informal sector activities to the growth of Nigerian economy cannot be over emphasized. It is the source of livelihood to the majority of poor, unskilled, socially marginalized and female population and is the vital means of survival for the people in the country lacking proper safety nets and unemployment insurance especially those lacking skills from formal sector jobs. The relationship between informality and economic growth is not clear becaus

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Doligalski, Pawel, and Luis E. Rojas. "Optimal redistribution with a shadow economy." Theoretical Economics 18, no. 2 (2023): 749–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3982/te4569.

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We extend the theory of optimal redistributive taxation to economies with an informal sector. In particular, in our model, workers can supply labor simultaneously to the formal and the informal sectors, which we call moonlighting. The optimal tax formula contains two novel terms capturing informality responses on an intensive and an extensive margin. Both terms decrease the optimal tax rates. We estimate the model with Colombian data and find that informality strongly reduces tax rates at all income levels. The possibility to migrate to entirely informal employment restricts tax rates at low a

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Mukorera, Sophia. "Growth Constraints of Formal and Informal Micro and Small -Scale Enterprises and Their Impact on Policy Formulation in Zimbabwe." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 10, no. 3(J) (2018): 234–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v10i3.2330.

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The new view on MSEs in the informal sector perceives them as being permanent, stable activities comprised of dynamic businesses that affect most economic activities. As such, they need to be considered in economic policies to ensure that they can grow and contribute to the national economy. In Zimbabwe, policies for entrepreneurial development are mainly informed by formal - sector enterprises. This study analysed the similarities and differences in the growth constraints of MSEs operating in the formal and informal sectors in Harare, Zimbabwe . Using descriptive statistics and principal comp

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Marire, Juniours, and Badar Alam Iqbal. "Infrastructure development, informal economy, and gender inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development 8, no. 6 (2024): 3413. http://dx.doi.org/10.24294/jipd.v8i6.3413.

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Infrastructure development policies have been criticised for lacking a deliberate pro-gender and pro-informal sector orientation. Since African economies are dual enclaves, with the traditional and informal sectors female-dominated, failure to have gendered infrastructure development planning and investment exacerbates gender inequality. The paper examines the effect of the infrastructure development index, the size of the informal economy, and the level of economic development on gender inequality. The paper applies the panel autoregressive distributed lag method to data on the gender inequal

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Bejaković, Predrag, and Ruslan Stefanov. "Characteristics of Undeclared Work in Service Sector in Countries of South East Europe." Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business 22, no. 1 (2019): 107–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2019-0015.

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Abstract The undeclared work is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that has been present in all countries, regardless of its social and political establishment. Notwithstanding, the empirical evidence suggests that informal economy is more prevalent in countries with lower levels of GDP. Furthermore, the informal economy is present in sectors with lower level of capital and higher level of labour intensity. Therefore, the theory and everyday experience imply that the informal economy is more widespread among the services than the goods sectors. This paper provides an overview on the informa

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Nayak, Meenakshi, and Dr Tattwamasi Paltasingh. "ROLE OF TRIBAL WOMEN IN INFORMAL SECTOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: UNDERSTANDING THE NEXUS IN THE CONTEXT OF ODISHA." International Journal of Social Science & Economic Research 09, no. 02 (2024): 461–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.46609/ijsser.2024.v09i02.006.

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During 1970s Keith Hart has coined the term informal sector. The casual laborers in the informal sector lack job security, their workplace is not government-registered, they disregard formal procedures, laws, and regulations, and their working hours are not set. They do not get benefits like provident fund, paid leave, and medical facilities. Indigenous resources are utilized in smallscale, family-owned businesses in the unofficial sector. Tribal women, who are primarily illiterate and among the poorest of the impoverished, enter this industry to make quick money. India is recognized by the In

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Yucra Núñez, Yosiv Zolín. "TAN CERCA Y TAN LEJOS: LA INFORMALIDAD Y LOS ALCANCES DEL DERECHO TRIBUTARIO EN EL PERÚ." SCIENTIARVM 1, no. 1 (2015): 15–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.26696/sci.epg.0165.

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ASBTRACT: In the present investigation, the problem of the informal economy in Peru is worked on and how the Tax Law has tried to regulate it. The development of the Peruvian fiscal policy is analyzed based on the country's economy considering the closeness between Tax Law and the economy all based on a documentary and doctrinal investigation. It is concluded that the Tax Law in Peru is not directly related to the national economy although that the fiscal policy should be elaborated based on it. In this sense considering that the informal economic sector is far from tax regulation in Peru, it

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Garcia-Murillo, Martha, and Jorge Andres Velez-Ospina. "ICTs and the informal economy: mobile and broadband roles." Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance 19, no. 1 (2017): 58–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dprg-02-2016-0004.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether information and communication technologies (ICTs) can move people from the informal to the formal sector. ICTs being multipurpose technologies can provide people with information about education, employment opportunities and government services that may potentially allow them to migrate to the formal sector. Design/methodology/approach The model includes variables that researchers have found to contribute to the growth of informality, such as the state of the economy, the impact of excessive taxes, the impact of regulation, the level of p

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Elgin, Ceyhun. "INFORMAL ECONOMY IN A DYNAMIC POLITICAL FRAMEWORK." Macroeconomic Dynamics 19, no. 3 (2013): 578–617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1365100513000497.

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I develop a dynamic political economy model with an informal sector and two political parties alternating in office. In equilibrium, if the incumbent political party faces a higher probability of staying in office, it sets a higher tax rate on the formal economy to invest more in productive public capital, while spending less for current office rent. Moreover, I argue that public capital is mainly utilized by the formal sector, and this implies that countries in which incumbent parties are more likely to stay in power have a higher tax burden but a smaller informal sector. I also present some

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Muhammed, Ismail. "THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ASEAN." Journal of Central Banking Law and Institutions 4, no. 2 (2025): 227–58. https://doi.org/10.21098/jcli.v4i2.285.

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This study examines the interplay among the ASEAN region’s financial development, informal economy, and sustainable development. While financial development is expected to support economic growth, its relationship to sustainability remains ambiguous, particularly in economies with significant informal sectors. Using a panel dataset from 1991 to 2020 across 10 ASEAN countries, the study employs robust econometric techniques, including fixed effects, feasible general least squares methodology, and quantile regression, to assess the direct and indirect effects of financial development and informa

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Shi, Zhouhao. "Impacts on Street-Stall Economy and Supporting Policies for Informal Workers from the Epidemic Perspective." Highlights in Business, Economics and Management 6 (March 27, 2023): 232–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/hbem.v6i.6322.

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Under the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic, China’s economic development is sluggish and even stagnant. In this case, the informal economy sector was significantly impacted in many ways, particularly the street-stall economy which serves as an important part of the informal economy sector. This paper analyzes the impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic on the street-stall economy and the supporting policies released by the government and relevant departments for informal workers based on an investigation of government documents. And some pieces of advice are proposed for the sustainable development

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Akande, Rashidat S., Olalekan A. Hammed, Abdul M. Shitu, and Yusuf T. Yusuf. "Regulatory Efficiency and Informal Economy." African Journal of Management and Business Research 18, no. 1 (2025): 199–217. https://doi.org/10.62154/ajmbr.2025.018.010608.

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Unregulated activities in the informal sector contribute to governance and institutional challenges, ultimately impacting tax revenue collection. This study examined the role of regulatory efficiency in the effect of the size of the informal economy of tax revenue in West Africa. Panel regression analysis, employing both Fixed Effects and Random Effects models, was used to estimate the relationship in 13 West African Economies between 2011 to 2022, with the Hausman test guiding model selection. The results suggest that the informal economy indicator has a negative and significant effect on tax

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Thapa, Dol Bahadur. "Employment and Earnings Patterns in Arunachal Pradesh's Urban Informal Economy." International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Topics 5, no. 2 (2024): 59–62. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10775115.

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The limited economic development in Arunachal Pradesh has resulted in a significant inability to generate employment opportunities for its youth. The elevated unemployment rates stem from a dearth of job prospects, exacerbated by the absence of industrialization. While other states have actively fostered employment through diverse developmental initiatives, Arunachal Pradesh heavily relies on government organizations for jobs, creating a critical situation as these avenues approach saturation. The informal sector, often a vital source of employment, presents a discouraging scenario. The state

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Chingono, Mark. "Women, the Informal Economy and the State in Lesotho." World Journal of Social Science Research 3, no. 4 (2016): 629. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/wjssr.v3n4p629.

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<p><em>Poor women in Lesotho endure a triple jeopardy of exploitation by patriarchy, capitalism and the state. To escape from this jeopardy increasing numbers of poor women are entering the informal economy, which is increasingly becoming the major dynamic and expanding sector of the economy. Becoming informal entrepreneurs has not only financially empowered women, but has also subverted</em><em> </em><em>traditional patriarchal gender power relations. This paper, based on a critical field survey, considers the experience of women in the informal sector, cha

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E. Sekerka, Leslie, and Derek Stimel. "Embracing waste as a resource: insights from the informal sector." Management Research Review 37, no. 3 (2014): 241–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrr-11-2012-0254.

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Purpose – This article aims to draw insight from a variety of management disciplines to encourage a broader view of the economy as it relates to sustainable waste management (SWM) development. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a framework to describe how strengths can be blended to support environmental sustainability (ES), highlighting the need for community cooperation between the informal and formal sectors of the economy. Findings – Unique contributions for SWM can emerge from both economic sectors and, when leveraged, may drive community development within local municipalit

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Neves, David, and Andries du Toit. "MONEY AND SOCIALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA'S INFORMAL ECONOMY." Africa 82, no. 1 (2012): 131–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001972011000763.

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ABSTRACTThis article examines the interplay of agency, culture and context in order to consider the social embeddedness of money and trade at the margins of South Africa's economy. Focusing on small-scale, survivalist informal enterprise operators, it draws on socio-cultural analysis to explore the social dynamics involved in generating and managing wealth. After describing the informal sector in South Africa, the article elucidates the relationship between money and economic informality. First, diverse objectives, typically irreducible to the maximization of profit, animate those in the infor

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Yang, Kun (Michelle), and Michael J. Pisani. "When informality meets formality: evidence from China." Chinese Management Studies 12, no. 1 (2018): 184–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-03-2017-0055.

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Purpose This study aims to explore “what impact does competition from informal enterprises have on formal firms” within the Chinese economic and business environment. Design/methodology/approach The paper opted for an exploratory study utilizing the cross-sectional survey data “2012 China Enterprise Survey” conducted by the World Bank. The survey is composed of approximately 200 business-related questions across the spectrum of business operations. In all, 2,700 privately owned Chinese firms are included in the logistic regression analysis. Findings Results show the impact of informal firm com

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Sakarombe, Upenyu. "Integrating Informal Economy into Official Economy in Southern Africa: Identifying Barriers and Possible Solutions." Tanzanian Economic Review 10, no. 1 (2020): 105–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.56279/ter.v10i1.58.

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In the Lewisian model, the informal sector was thought to automatically formalise with time. This was known as the Lewis Turning Point. However, with time as industrialisation increased, the so-called informal sector was not diminishing, rather at times it was increasing. This tends to suggest the existence of structural barriers to formalisation, which the authorities should address. This study sought to identify these barriers basing on theoretical arguments by empirically testing the significance of the causes of the informal sector as they become barriers to formalisation. The structural e

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