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Book Synopsis The South African Informal Sector by : Frederick C. v. N. Fourie
Download or read book The South African Informal Sector written by Frederick C. v. N. Fourie and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although South Africa's informal sector is small compared to other developing countries, it nevertheless provides livelihoods, employment and income for millions of workers and business owners. Almost half of informal-sector workers work in firms with employees. The annual entry of new enterprises is quite high, as is the number of informal enterprises that grow their employment. There is no shortage of entrepreneurship and desire to grow. However, obstacles and constraints cause hardship and failure, pointing to the need for well-designed policies to enable and support the sector, rather than suppress it. The same goes for formalisation. Recognising the informal sector as an integral part of the economy, rather than ignoring it, is a crucial first step towards instituting a 'smart' policy approach. The South African Informal Sector is strongly evidence- and data-driven, with substantial quantitative contributions combined with qualitative findings--suitable for an era of increased pressure for evidence-based policy-making--and utilises several disciplinary perspectives."--
Download or read book Mean Streets written by Crush, Jonathan and published by Southern African Migration Programme. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book powerfully demonstrates that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the South African informal economy are migrants and refugees. Yet far from being lauded, they take their life into their hands when they trade on South Africa's "mean streets". The book draws attention to what they bring to their adopted country through research into previously unexamined areas of migrant entrepreneurship. Ranging from studies of how migrants have created agglomeration economies in Jeppe and Ivory Park in Johannesburg, to guanxi networks of Chinese entrepreneurs, to competition and cooperation among Somali shop owners, to cross-border informal traders, to the informal transport operators between South Africa and Zimbabwe, the chapters in this book reveal the positive economic contributions of migrants. these include generating employment, paying rents, providing cheaper goods to poor consumers, and supporting formal sector wholesalers and retailers. As well, Mean Streets highlights the xenophobic responses to migrant and refugee entrepreneurs and the challenges they face in running a successful business on the streets.
Book Synopsis Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade in Maputo, Mozambique by : Raimundo, Ines
Download or read book Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade in Maputo, Mozambique written by Raimundo, Ines and published by Southern African Migration Programme. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the results of a SAMP survey of informal entrepreneurs connected to cross-border trade between Johannesburg and Maputou during 2014. The study sought to enhance the evidence base on the links between migration and informal entrepreneur-ship in Southern African cities and to examine the implications for municipal, national and regional policy.
Book Synopsis The impact of law enforcements on the lives of informal traders in South Africa. How can their situation be improved? by : Sphamandla Mlotshwa
Download or read book The impact of law enforcements on the lives of informal traders in South Africa. How can their situation be improved? written by Sphamandla Mlotshwa and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document from the year 2018 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, language: English, abstract: The aim of this research is to show how law enforcement impact negatively on the lives of informal traders and how this relationship can be improved. The paper tries to gain insight on how informal trading assist or betters the lives of traders. It shows how informal trading reduces the impact of unemployment and how informal trading can be better regulated without affecting those depending on the informal sector. Like this, it also examines the nature of the laws that conflict with the interest of informal traders. The contemporary democratic South Africa that was highly celebrated during its inception in 1994, is now confronted with volumes of criticism due to lack of opportunity and prosperity. South Africa is witnessing protest (peaceful and violent) in various part of the country. The rate of unemployment in the country is increasing and this crisis informs the broader problem of the widening gap between the haves and the have not. In the midst of these problems, the informal sector provides opportunity and hope for millions of South Africans and mitigate the impact of unemployment and inequality. However, the functionality of the informal sector in South Africa is limited by regulations and law enforcements. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to critically discuss the impact of law enforcements on the lives of informal traders.
Book Synopsis Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa by : Abel Chikanda
Download or read book Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa written by Abel Chikanda and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zimbabwe has witnessed the rapid expansion of informal cross-border trading (ICBT) with neighbouring countries over the past two decades. Beginning in the mid-1990s when the country embarked on its Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP), a large number of people were forced into informal employment through worsening economic conditions and the decline in formal sector jobs. The countrys post-2000 economic col-lapse resulted in the closure of many industries and created market opportunities for the further expansion of ICBT. This report, part of SAMPs Growing Informal Cities series, sought to provide a current picture of ICBT in Zimbabwe by interviewing a sample of 514 Harare-based informal entrepreneurs involved in cross-border trading with South Africa.
Book Synopsis Mapping the Invisible by : Jane Battersby
Download or read book Mapping the Invisible written by Jane Battersby and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report argues that it is essential to understand the dynamics of the informal food retail sector because of its vital role in ensuring greater access to food by the urban poor. Existing policy frameworks to address food security and to govern the informal sector tend to neglect informal retail in the food system. As a result, the sector is poorly understood. The report therefore attempts to identify the characteristics of the sector that impact on its ability to address the food needs of the neighbourhoods in which the businesses are located. Although the research is focused on Cape Town, the findings are of broader relevance.
Book Synopsis Calibrating Informal Cross-Border Trade in Southern Africa by : Peberdy, Sally
Download or read book Calibrating Informal Cross-Border Trade in Southern Africa written by Peberdy, Sally and published by Southern African Migration Programme. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study demonstrates that informal cross-border is a complex phenomenon and not uniform across the region, or even through border posts of the same country. However, the overall volume of trade, duties paid and VAT foregone, as well as the types of goods and where they are produced, indicate that this sector of regional trade should be given much greater attention and support by governments of the region as well as regional organizations such as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), SADC and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).
Book Synopsis Informal Cross-border Trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by : Nsolo J. Mijere
Download or read book Informal Cross-border Trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) written by Nsolo J. Mijere and published by OSSREA. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the existence and volume of informal cross-border trade (ICBT) in the mainland SADC member states. The four basic research questions for the study were as follows: Is there informal cross-border trade among the mainland SADC member states? Do the informal traders (ICBTs) contribute to the SADC national economies and to the economies of the region as a whole, and is this revenue acknowledged by the SADC nation governments? Does the ICBT facilitate the new mission of SADC: the promotion of social, economic and political integration in the Southern African region? Lastly and perhaps most importantly have the SADC member states or SADC as an organisation formally put in place trade policies and regulations that promote the development of ICBT in the region? The study further explores the extent to which the cross-border ethnic relationships of ICBTs assist and facilitate the activities of the informal cross-border micro-trade. These questions are investigated within the context of SADC, a regional grouping with a long geo-political history as well as common colonial and socio-economic experiences that have all impacted on and restrained formal trade among SADC member states.
Book Synopsis Informal cross-border trade in Africa: How much? Why? And what impact? by : Bouet, Antoine
Download or read book Informal cross-border trade in Africa: How much? Why? And what impact? written by Bouet, Antoine and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal cross-border trade (ICBT) represents a prominent phenomenon in Africa. Several studies suggest that for certain products and countries, the value of informal trade may meet or even exceed the value of formal trade. This paper provides a review of existing efforts to measure informal trade. We list 18 initiatives aimed at measuring ICBT in Africa. The paper also summarizes discussions conducted with many stakeholders in Africa between December 2016 and May 2018 regarding the measurement, the determinants, and the implications of ICBT. The methodologies used to measure ICBT in Africa differ widely, but they do confirm that informal trade in Africa is both sizeable and volatile. Both evidence on the determinants of ICBT and discussions with stakeholders suggest that policies should aim to reduce the existing costs associated with formal trade and provide positive incentives for traders and producers to move into the formal economy in order to avoid the loss of economic potential stemming from informal trade.
Book Synopsis Informal Migrant Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique by : Crush, Jonathan
Download or read book Informal Migrant Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique written by Crush, Jonathan and published by Southern African Migration Programme. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While increasing attention is being paid to the drivers and forms of entrepreneurship in informal economies, much less of this policy and research focus is directed at understanding the links between mobility and informality. This report examines the current state of knowledge about this relationship with particular reference to three countries (Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe) and four cities (Cape Town, Harare, Johannesburg and Maputo), identifying major themes, knowledge gaps, research questions and policy implications.
Book Synopsis Informal Trade in South Africa by : Simone Camarinha De Barros
Download or read book Informal Trade in South Africa written by Simone Camarinha De Barros and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South Africa's Informal Economy by : Eleanor Preston-Whyte
Download or read book South Africa's Informal Economy written by Eleanor Preston-Whyte and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes particular industries, including the black taxi industry, as well as discussing post-apartheid policy aspects.
Book Synopsis Informal Ways by : Keith Sidney Orrock Beavon
Download or read book Informal Ways written by Keith Sidney Orrock Beavon and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Formalization of informal trade in Africa by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Formalization of informal trade in Africa written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four approaches to formalizing informal trade -based on policy and legislation, partnerships, rights, and incentives and compliance- presented via case studies and recommendations, including regulatory reform, limiting business licensing and tackling corruption.
Download or read book TRADING PLACES written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 27% of the sample cite as the reason for coming to South Africa the opportunities offered by South Africa's tourist market; 24% cited the strength of the economy or the rand; some 17% spoke more generally of South Africa's attractions. [...] The Department of Arts and Culture could follow the example of the Zimbabwean government and offer training in traditional skills in arts and crafts as South Africa currently only produces a small range of handicrafts and curios for the tourist market. [...] Sanctions and the isolation of the apartheid years restricted trade between South Africa and the rest of the conti- nent. [...] By 1988, 10% of South Africa's export trade went to the rest of Africa and the country had become the seventh largest trading partner of the rest of the continent.8 Since 1992, export trade with the rest of Africa has increased almost threefold from R1.5 billion in 1992 to almost R5.5 billion in 1996.9 The trade imbalance between South Africa and non-SADC African countries is not as acute as with. [...] DIMENSIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFORMAL SECTOR H ow significant is the informal sector in South and Southern Africa? In 1994 the World Bank estimated that the contribution of informal sector output to the total GDP of African countries ranged between 20% and 50%.13 In Mozambique, De Vletter estimates the contri- bution of the informal sector at around 40% of GNP in 1996.14 Informal MIGRATION POLI.
Book Synopsis Africa's World Trade by : Margaret C. Lee
Download or read book Africa's World Trade written by Margaret C. Lee and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are Africa's world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions? This is the key question posed by Margaret Lee in this provocative book, in which she argues that all too often the voices of African traders are obscured amid a blizzard of statistical analysis. However, it is these very voices - from those operating on the ground as formal or informal traders - that must be listened to in order to form a true understanding of the impact trade regimes have on these individuals and their communities. Featuring a wealth of oral histories from across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, including Africans in China, Africa's World Trade offers a unique insight into how the complexity of international trade agreements can shape the everyday lives of ordinary Africans.
Book Synopsis Street Trading by : Francie Jane Lund
Download or read book Street Trading written by Francie Jane Lund and published by University of Natal School of Development Studies. This book was released on 2000 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
