The Informal Economy Revisited

Author : Martha Chen,Françoise Carré
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 51,7 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 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre
Publisher : Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041057758

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The Informal Sector Revisited by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre Pdf

Papers from a seminar held at the Development Centre on September 7-9, 1988. Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-223).

Author : Sarbajit Chaudhuri,Ujjaini Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1441911944

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Revisiting the Informal Sector by Sarbajit Chaudhuri,Ujjaini Mukhopadhyay Pdf

This book provides insight into the diverse aspects of the informal sector, its role in the context of unemployment, child labor, globalization and environment, as well as its multi-faceted interaction with the other sectors of the economy.

Author : William Francis Maloney
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Informality Revisited by William Francis Maloney Pdf

The author develops a view of the informal sector in developing countries primarily as an unregulated micro-entrepreneurial sector and not as a disadvantaged residual of segmented labor markets. Drawing on recent work from Latin America, he offers alternative explanations for many of the characteristics of the informal sector customarily regarded as evidence of its inferiority.

Author : Jacques Charmes
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788972802

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Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy by Jacques Charmes Pdf

This Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy captures the magnitude of the informal economy for the global labour force. It unravels numerous concepts, definitions and methods of data collection to offer valuable insight into the differences between the informal, non-observed and shadow economies.

Author : Ceyhun Elgin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000163810

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The Informal Economy by Ceyhun Elgin Pdf

The Informal Economy: Measures, Causes, and Consequences provides a comprehensive account of the economics of informality through the lenses of various economic perspectives. Although informal economic activity is widespread all around the world, many issues around its nature and consequences remain largely under-explored or unresolved. Most importantly, the evidence presented in the existing literature on informality has failed to generate a consensus on the measurements, causes, and effects of the informal sector among researchers. Most, if not all, of the empirical results are inconclusive or dependent on the nature of the dataset used in the analysis. This book aims to address that gap by exploring different definitions and measures of the informal economy, including different perspectives, then subjecting these measures to a battery of empirical tests to examine the determinants and effects of informality. Through this analysis and an extensive review of the literature, the book explores many of the economic, political, and social factors of the informal economy including the relationship between informality and the tax burden, tax enforcement, and institutional quality. This key text makes for compulsive reading to scholars and students interested in the informal or shadow economy.

Author : Jacques Charmes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030040765

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Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries by Jacques Charmes Pdf

This book provides the latest empirical data on the three forms of resilience: informality, solidarities and unpaid care-work. It uncovers and quantifies these three forms of resilience that are generally invisible or ill recognised, whereas these play a major role in the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable populations. The book shows how the slow but constant unveiling of these forms over the past four decades has gradually changed our vision of progress and development and is impacting the norms and concepts that shape our vision of the economy and society. The book also emphasizes the role of informal economy through explaining the origins of the concept, its definitions and the methods of data collection and measurement. As such the book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers in population studies, economics, and international development.

Author : Franziska Ohnsorge,Shu Yu
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 51,5 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 : Sarbajit Chaudhuri,Ujjaini Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1441911952

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Revisiting the Informal Sector by Sarbajit Chaudhuri,Ujjaini Mukhopadhyay Pdf

Author : Guillermo Perry
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821370933

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Informality by Guillermo Perry Pdf

Analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes and reasons for and implications of its growth. This book uses two distinct but complementary lenses. It concludes that reducing informality levels and overcoming the "culture of informality" will require actions to increase aggregate productivity in the economy.

Author : Francoise Carre,Chris Tilly
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610448703

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Where Bad Jobs Are Better by Francoise Carre,Chris Tilly Pdf

Retail is now the largest employer in the United States. For the most part, retail jobs are “bad jobs” characterized by low wages, unpredictable work schedules, and few opportunities for advancement. However, labor experts Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly show that these conditions are not inevitable. In Where Bad Jobs Are Better, they investigate retail work across different industries and seven countries to demonstrate that better retail jobs are not just possible, but already exist. By carefully analyzing the factors that lead to more desirable retail jobs, Where Bad Jobs Are Better charts a path to improving job quality for all low-wage jobs. In surveying retail work across the United States, Carré and Tilly find that the majority of retail workers receive low pay and nearly half work part-time, which contributes to high turnover and low productivity. Jobs staffed predominantly by women, such as grocery store cashiers, pay even less than retail jobs in male-dominated fields, such as consumer electronics. Yet, when comparing these jobs to similar positions in Western Europe, Carré and Tilly find surprising differences. In France, though supermarket cashiers perform essentially the same work as cashiers in the United States, they receive higher pay, are mostly full-time, and experience lower turnover and higher productivity. And unlike the United States, where many retail employees are subject to unpredictable schedules, in Germany, retailers are required by law to provide their employees notice of work schedules six months in advance. The authors show that disparities in job quality are largely the result of differing social norms and national institutions. For instance, weak labor regulations and the decline of unions in the United States have enabled retailers to cut labor costs aggressively in ways that depress wages and discourage full-time work. On the other hand, higher minimum wages, greater government regulation of work schedules, and stronger collective bargaining through unions and works councils have improved the quality of retail jobs in Europe. As retail and service work continue to expand, American employers and policymakers will have to decide the extent to which these jobs will be good or bad. Where Bad Jobs Are Better shows how stronger rules and regulations can improve the lives of retail workers and boost the quality of low-wage jobs across the board.

Author : Alejandro Portes,Manuel Castells,Lauren A. Benton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017237938

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The Informal Economy by Alejandro Portes,Manuel Castells,Lauren A. Benton Pdf

A New York roofer requests payment in cash. A Bogota car mechanic sets up "shop" on a quiet side street. Four Mexican immigrants assemble semiconductors in a San Diego home. A Leningrad doctor sells needed medicine to a desperate patient. All are part of a growing worldwide phenomenon that is widely known but little understood. The informal or underground economy is thriving today, not only in the Third World countries where it was first reported and studied but also in Eastern Europe and the developed nations of the West. The Informal Economy is the first book to bring together studies from all three of these settings and to integrate them into a coherent theoretical framework. Taking an international perspective, the authors dispel a number of misconceptions about the informal economy. They make clear, for instance, that it is not solely a province of the poor. Cutting across social strata, it reflects a political and economic realignment between employers and workers and a shift in the regulatory mission of the government. Throughout, the authors' theoretical observations serve not only to unify material from diverse sources but also to map out directions for further research.

Author : Kenneth King
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821411578

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Jua Kali Kenya by Kenneth King Pdf

Analyzes the three televised debates in 1992 among presidential candidates Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Ross Perot, showing how candidates used persuasive attack and defense strategies to undermine their opponents and preserve vital issues of personal credibility and policy matters. Includes complete transcripts of the debates. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Madhuri Bose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
ISBN : 0903715309

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The Urban Informal Sector Revisited by Madhuri Bose Pdf

Author : S. Heydemann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781403982148

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Networks of Privilege in the Middle East: The Politics of Economic Reform Revisited by S. Heydemann Pdf

This volume explores the role of informal networks in the politics of Middle Eastern economic reform. The editor's introduction demonstrates how network-based models overcome limitations in existing approaches to the politics of economic reform. The following chapters show how business-state networks in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan have affected privatization programs and the reform of fiscal policies. They help us understand patterns and variation in the organization and outcome of economic reform programs, including the opportunities that economic reforms offered for reorganizing networks of economic privilege across the Middle East.