Informal Sector Innovations

Author : Mammo Muchie,Saradindu Bhaduri,Angathevar Baskaran,Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317372011

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Informal Sector Innovations by Mammo Muchie,Saradindu Bhaduri,Angathevar Baskaran,Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh Pdf

It is well documented that the space of informal economic activity is rising across the globe. This rise has been particularly significant in the least developed and developing countries, especially after the onset of neo-liberal policies and withdrawal of welfare state. There has also been a shift in academic thinking on informal sector, with attempts being made to understand the contribution of informal sector in generating employment and economic growth rather than focusing solely on exploitative labour conditions in these economic activities. Indeed, with the retreat of welfare state and the introduction of contract labour in the formal sector, many issues related to occupational hazards and improper labour conditions do not remain unique to the informal sectors of the economy, particularly in less developed countries. This volume addresses a specific concern: the issue of knowledge generation and innovative activities, which lies at the core of sustained competitive advantage of these activities. The chapters in this book were originally published in the African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development.

Author : Jeremy de Beer,Kun Fu,Sacha Wunsch-Vincent,World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher : WIPO
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Informal Economy, Innovation and Intellectual Property: Concepts, Metrics and Policy Considerations by Jeremy de Beer,Kun Fu,Sacha Wunsch-Vincent,World Intellectual Property Organization Pdf

The authors connect concepts, definitions and data regarding the informal economy, innovation, and intellectual property in order to establish a framework for further qualitative and quantitative research and the improvement of public policies in respect of these issues.

Author : Erika Kraemer-Mbula,Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107157545

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The Informal Economy in Developing Nations by Erika Kraemer-Mbula,Sacha Wunsch-Vincent Pdf

This pioneering study offers a conceptual model and rich empirical evidence to help researchers and policy-makers understand informal innovation in developing countries.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Analogue Digital
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Making Do: Innovation in Kenya's Informal Economy by Anonim Pdf

Author : OECD,International Development Research Centre
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264088924

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Innovation and the Development Agenda by OECD,International Development Research Centre Pdf

Innovation drives long-term economic growth. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa.

Author : Jeremy de Beer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1308400859

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The Informal Economy, Innovation and Intellectual Property - Concepts, Metrics and Policy Considerations by Jeremy de Beer Pdf

In this working paper, the authors connect concepts, definitions and data regarding the informal economy, innovation, and intellectual property in order to establish a framework for further qualitative and quantitative research and the improvement of public policies in respect of these issues.First, the authors review the literature defining the informal economy, and present an original synthesis of statistical data regarding the informal economy's social and economic significance. Second, the authors apply established and emerging concepts of innovation to the context of informal systems. Third, the authors discuss a spectrum of appropriation mechanisms, ranging from formal intellectual property rights to informal mechanisms of knowledge protection, sharing and exchange. Fourth and finally, the authors review existing policy approaches toward innovation in the formal economy, and establish a framework to consider future scenarios for the application of intellectual property concepts in this context.

Author : Martha Chen,Françoise Carré
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429575389

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The Informal Economy Revisited by Martha Chen,Françoise Carré Pdf

This landmark volume brings together leading scholars in the field to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy as well as future challenges and directions for research and policy. Well over half of the global workforce and the vast majority of the workforce in developing countries work in the informal economy, and in countries around the world new forms of informal employment are emerging. Yet the informal workforce is not well understood, remains undervalued and is widely stigmatised. Contributors to the volume bridge a range of disciplinary perspectives including anthropology, development economics, law, political science, social policy, sociology, statistics, urban planning and design. The Informal Economy Revisited also focuses on specific groups of informal workers, including home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers, to provide a grounded insight into disciplinary debates. Ultimately, the book calls for a paradigm shift in how the informal economy is perceived to reflect the realities of informal work in the Global South, as well as the informal practices of the state and capital, not just labour. The Informal Economy Revisited is the culmination of 20 years of pioneering work by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), a global network of researchers, development practitioners and organisations of informal workers in 90 countries. Researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and advocates will all find this book an invaluable guide to the significance and complexities of the informal economy, and its role in today’s globalised economy. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429200724, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Author : Mai Thi Thanh Thai,Ekaterina Turkina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135076245

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Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy by Mai Thi Thanh Thai,Ekaterina Turkina Pdf

Although entrepreneurship in the informal economy occurs outside state regulatory systems, informal commercial activities account for an estimated 30% of economic activity around the world. Informal entrepreneurship goes unmonitored despite the fact that it significantly contributes to poverty reduction and economic development. As a result, the informal sector is open to unethical practices including corruption, worker exploitation, and natural environment abuse to name just a few. In the media, debates have formed around whether informal entrepreneurship should be assisted or legitimized. Hence, a deep understanding of the phenomenon is vitally important. This book is the first on the market to offer models and approaches to informal entrepreneurship as well as to its prospects for economic development. Offering an in-depth examination of informal entrepreneurship in many different countries, it reveals the motivations for engaging in entrepreneurship in the informal economy, characteristics of informal entrepreneurship, and informal entrepreneurs’ response to ethical issues. This volume illustrates the relationship between formal and informal economies and the conditions for the benefits of informal entrepreneurship to outweigh its disadvantages. And finally, it gives recommendations about when and how the informal economy can be formalized, which sectors should be formalized, and which ones can remain informal. This book offers much-needed guidance for stakeholders involved in economic development programs and scholars and entrepreneurs interested in the field of informal entrepreneurship as it is developing around the globe.

Author : Ephraim Daka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 178902014X

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Innovation, the Informal Economy and Development by Ephraim Daka Pdf

The Zambia national systems of innovation have been serving as the conceptual framework and vehicle to address poverty and national competitiveness in developing countries. Zambia has been building its NSI since 1964, but the existing system suffers from serious shortcomings related to an insufficient conceptually inclusive framework and the absence of direct and concrete pro-poor innovation policy instruments. The system lacks strong interactive dynamics and suffers from weak governance. Zambia has also followed an export-driven industrial economy, but the expected knowledge spill-over gains from large mining operations have not been realised. The book examines national innovation strategies by emphasising the importance of the informal sector and the potential for innovation at grass-roots level. It examines the evolution of science and technology policies by highlighting how the excluded areas can be included. The absence of pro-poor innovation and lack of inclusive policies are highlighted as factors contributing to low productivity and socioeconomic imbalances.

Author : Franziska Ohnsorge,Shu Yu
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464817540

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The Long Shadow of Informality by Franziska Ohnsorge,Shu Yu Pdf

A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies. This may hold back the recovery in these economies from the deep recessions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic--unless governments adopt a broad set of policies to address the challenges of widespread informality. This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the extent of informality and its implications for a durable economic recovery and for long-term development. It finds that pervasive informality is associated with significantly weaker economic outcomes--including lower government resources to combat recessions, lower per capita incomes, greater poverty, less financial development, and weaker investment and productivity.

Author : Erika Kraemer-Mbula,Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
ISBN : 1316799395

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The Informal Economy in Developing Nations by Erika Kraemer-Mbula,Sacha Wunsch-Vincent Pdf

This pioneering study offers a conceptual model and rich empirical evidence to help researchers and policy-makers understand informal innovation in developing countries.

Author : Hemant Kumar,Gautam Sharma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040044278

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Grassroots Innovation by Hemant Kumar,Gautam Sharma Pdf

This book explores the process of grassroots innovation in the context of the Global South. It explains why these bottom-up solutions developed by common people are generated due to a lack of available or affordable technology to meet their needs and how they are included in the mainstream imagination of the economy by studying these innovations in India. It analyses the grassroots innovation process from idea generation to its implementation. Detailing both theoretical and practical dimensions of grassroots innovation, the book provides a holistic understanding of the phenomenon by tracing its history in the pre-independence discourse on development to the present-day policies for institutionalizing these innovations in the mainstream. It will provide the readers with a bottom-up commentary on innovation and development in the context of the Global South in general and India in particular. It adopts a qualitative research design with a wide range of data collected through interviews, participant observations, and field notes. The book contains seven chapters to describe the discourse, policy perspectives, and current practice of grassroots innovations in general. The interdisciplinary, timely book provides thoughtful analysis for scholars and upper-level students in the fields of technology and innovation management, development studies, and public management.

Author : Adrian Smith,Mariano Fressoli,Dinesh Abrol,Elisa Arond,Adrian Ely
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317451181

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Grassroots Innovation Movements by Adrian Smith,Mariano Fressoli,Dinesh Abrol,Elisa Arond,Adrian Ely Pdf

Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades. Unencumbered by disciplinary boundaries, policy silos, or institutional logics, these ‘grassroots innovation movements’ identify issues and questions neglected by formal science, technology and innovation organizations. Grassroots solutions arise in unconventional settings through unusual combinations of people, ideas and tools. This book examines six diverse grassroots innovation movements in India, South America and Europe, situating them in their particular dynamic historical contexts. Analysis explains why each movement frames innovation and development differently, resulting in a variety of strategies. The book explores the spaces where each of these movements have grown, or attempted to do so. It critically examines the pathways they have developed for grassroots innovation and the challenges and limitations confronting their approaches. With mounting pressure for social justice in an increasingly unequal world, policy makers are exploring how to foster more inclusive innovation. In this context grassroots experiences take on added significance. This book provides timely and relevant ideas, analysis and recommendations for activists, policy-makers, students and scholars interested in encounters between innovation, development and social movements.

Author : Ioana Horodnic,Peter Rodgers,Colin Williams,Legha Momtazian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351655316

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The Informal Economy by Ioana Horodnic,Peter Rodgers,Colin Williams,Legha Momtazian Pdf

During much of the twentieth century, informal employment and entrepreneurship was commonly depicted as a residue from a previous era. Its continuing presence was seen to be a sign of "backwardness" whilst the formal economy represented "progress". In recent decades, however, numerous studies have revealed not only that informal employment is extensive and persistent but also that it is growing relative to formal employment in many populations. Whilst in the developing world, the informal economy is often found to be the mainstream economy, nevertheless, in the developed world too, informality is currently still estimated to account for notable per cent of GDP. The Informal Economy: Exploring Drivers and Practices intends to engage with these issues, providing a much-need ‘contextualised’ approach to explain the persistence and growth of forms of informal economic practices and entrepreneurial activities in the twenty-first century. Using a diverse range of empirical case studies from Europe, Africa, North Africa and Asia, this book unpacks the different varieties of forms of informal work and entrepreneurship and provides a critical analysis of existing theorisations used to explain such phenomena. This book’s aim is to examine the nature and persistence of informal work and entrepreneurship, across a variety of empirical settings, from within the developed world, the developing world and within transformation economies within post-socialist spaces. Given its worldwide, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach and recent interest in the informal economies by a number of disciplines and organisations, this book will be of vital reading to those operating in the fields of: Economics, political economy and management, Human and economic geography and Economic anthropology and sociology as well as development studies

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PKEY:6610000506231

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Informal Economy by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What is Informal Economy An informal economy is the part of any economy that is neither taxed nor monitored by any form of government. Although the informal sector makes up a significant portion of the economies in developing countries, it is sometimes stigmatized as troublesome and unmanageable. However, the informal sector provides critical economic opportunities for the poor and has been expanding rapidly since the 1960s. Integrating the informal economy into the formal sector is an important policy challenge. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Informal economy Chapter 2: Economy of Cambodia Chapter 3: Economy of the Central African Republic Chapter 4: Economy of Kenya Chapter 5: Economy of Namibia Chapter 6: Child labour Chapter 7: Employment Chapter 8: Workforce Chapter 9: WIEGO Chapter 10: Decent work Chapter 11: Waste picker Chapter 12: Economic development in India Chapter 13: Labour in India Chapter 14: Unreported employment Chapter 15: Black market Chapter 16: Tripartism Chapter 17: Social protection Chapter 18: Child labour in India Chapter 19: Renana Jhabvala Chapter 20: Martha Chen Chapter 21: Unemployment in India (II) Answering the public top questions about informal economy. (III) Real world examples for the usage of informal economy in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of informal economy.