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The Long Shadow of Informality

Author : Franziska Ohnsorge
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464817545
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book The Long Shadow of Informality written by Franziska Ohnsorge and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Socio-economic Background and Informal Sector

Author : Ruth Nabwala Otunga
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Socio-economic Background and Informal Sector written by Ruth Nabwala Otunga and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Securing Livelihoods

Author : Isabelle Hillenkamp
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191510653
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Securing Livelihoods written by Isabelle Hillenkamp and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far from the vision of popular actors in the popular economy as reactionary and archaic, stubbornly resisting any move towards change, this book's overall aim is to contribute to a broadening and deepening of our understanding of the logic and socio-economic practices of those operating in the informal economy. It focuses on the vulnerabilities of these participants, resulting from high exposure to different risks combined with low social protection, and on the interactions between vulnerability and poverty. It considers security of livelihoods as the guiding principle for multiple practices in the informal economy. Thirteen studies, based on careful analyses of empirical data in different contexts in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, contribute to this multidisciplinary discussion. This book describes how people develop their own strategies to solve their problems through the use of interpersonal networks, associations, and other community-based arrangements. Moreover, it shows that informal economy actors systematically reposition themselves vis-à-vis the State, markets, international, and national policies with the aim of enhancing their economic and social security, and they may do this either individually or collectively. The book emphasizes how adaptability of the informal economy can be influenced by such factors as the macroeconomic context, access to financial, technological, and information resources, infrastructure, social protection schemes, and the institutional environment within which adaptations occur. Case studies stress the need to reformulate questions relating to policy intervention based on a more thorough understanding of the perspective of informal economy actors.

INFORMAL WORKERS IN THE INTERSTICES OF FORMAL SECTOR: DYNAMICS AND DILEMMAS

Author : Dr. Deba Ranjan Hota
Publisher : Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd)
ISBN 13 : 8194682789
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (946 download)

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Download or read book INFORMAL WORKERS IN THE INTERSTICES OF FORMAL SECTOR: DYNAMICS AND DILEMMAS written by Dr. Deba Ranjan Hota and published by Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd). This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this book is the development of an understanding which will familiarize one to the basic concept of informal and formal sector from a sociological perspective. The growth of informal sector as a critical component of society and economy has gained numerous attention from various discipline. It is worthy to explore the dynamics and dilemmas of informal workers in formal sectors which have been less explored from social sciences parlance. A formal sector which only absorbs a tiny population in India’s working population has always taken advantage of the interlink ages of informal structure and policies operating in such context. The two way relationship of both the sectors bring new and fresh perspective to understand the intrinsic overlaps and interconnectedness and brought new conceptual dilemmas to the fore. In this volume, I tried to address the issues of migration, the primordial kinship bondages and the informal network existing in formal spheres in a university set up. The success and failed stories of the residents of shanty colonies has been dealt exploring the cause, consequences of social and economic life shading more light on the exploitative and extractive nature of the patrons in the studied areas. The present book is basically examined the socio- economic background, the process of migration and reasons of it. The cause and consequences of working in formal sectors of informal workers, establishment and growth of the colonies have found prominent place in the analysis to understand the present occupation structure, their economic role and intricate relationship with their patrons in the university. To conclude the dynamics and dilemmas of the workers of informal sectors can unravel finer debate at conceptual level for both formal and informal level. The underlying process has lot to contribute in developing sound legal framework to protect the live and livelihood of the more fragile informal workers. The plan of the book is as following: Chapter one deals with an introductory in the problems under study including objectives and hypothesis of the study. Chapter two describes the field and also with the methodology and about the various research methods adopted for the study. Chapter three narrates the socio-economic background of the respondents. Chapter four is concerned with assets and occupation of the migrants at their native places and the factors operating in the process of migration. Chapter five highlights the process of arrival and establishment to Jyoti Bihar and also the various forms of help in establishing oneself.. Chapter six, deals with present occupation of the respondent and the dichotomy and relationship between formal and informal sector. Also give clue to the various forms of help helping the respondents for the entry to both formal and informal sector. It also talks about the service or the help rendered to their respective patron by the respondents. Chapter seven gives a detail picture of the loan taken or loan given by the respondents and linkages between a patron and a money lender. Chapter eight shows the savings by the respondents along with its purpose for the future. Chapter nine, deals with the types and description of the patrons and also with their future working sphere. Chapter ten, focuses on the future scenario which leads to the conclusion part of the present study summing up all the major findings of the study.

The Global Informal Workforce

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513575910
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book The Global Informal Workforce written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Informal Workforce is a fresh look at the informal economy around the world and its impact on the macroeconomy. The book covers interactions between the informal economy, labor and product markets, gender equality, fiscal institutions and outcomes, social protection, and financial inclusion. Informality is a widespread and persistent phenomenon that affects how fast economies can grow, develop, and provide decent economic opportunities for their populations. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to uncover the vulnerabilities of the informal workforce.

Workers and the Global Informal Economy

Author : Supriya Routh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317445252
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Workers and the Global Informal Economy written by Supriya Routh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global financial crisis and subsequent increase in social inequality has led in many cases to a redrawing of the boundaries between formal and informal work. This interdisciplinary volume explores the role of informal work in today’s global economy, presenting economic, legal, sociological, historical, anthropological, political and cultural perspectives on the topic. Workers and the Global Informal Economy explores varying definitions of informality in the backdrop of neo-liberal market logic, exploring how it manifests itself in different regions around the world, and its relationship with formal work. This volume demonstrates how neo-liberalism has been instrumental in accelerating informality and has resulted in the increasingly precarious position of the informal worker. Using different methodological approaches and regional focuses, this book considers key questions such as whether workers exercise choice over their work; how constrained such choices are; how social norms shape such choices; how work affects their well-being and agency; and what role culture plays in the determination of informality. This interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to policy-makers and researchers engaging with informality from different disciplinary and regional perspectives.

Public Sector Debt Statistics

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 161635156X
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Public Sector Debt Statistics written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global financial crisis of recent years and the associated large fiscal deficits and debt levels that have impacted many countries underscores the importance of reliable and timely government statistics and, more broadly, public sector debt as a critical element in countries fiscal and external sustainability. Public Sector Debt Statistics is the first international guide of its kind, and its primary objectives are to improve the quality and timeliness of key debt statistics and promote a convergence of recording practices to foster international comparability and as a reference for national compilers and users for compiling and disseminating these data. Like other statistical guides published by the IMF, this one was prepared in consultation with countries and international agencies, including the nine organizations of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS). The guide's preparation was based on the broad range of experience of our institutions and benefitted from consultation with national compilers of government finance and public sector debt statistics. The guide's concepts are harmonized with those of the System of National Accounts (2008) and the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition.

The Informal Economy

Author : Ioana Horodnic
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351655310
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Informal Economy written by Ioana Horodnic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Incorporating Understanding of Informal Economic Activity in Natural Resource and Economic Development Policy

Author : Rebecca J. McLain
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437927149
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Incorporating Understanding of Informal Economic Activity in Natural Resource and Economic Development Policy written by Rebecca J. McLain and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report synthesizes the literature on the role of informal economic activity (IEA) in the U.S. post-industrial economy. The literature highlights how factors such as social status and household position in the formal economy affect whether participation in informal economic activity is exploitative or empowering. The non-timber forest products sector serves as a case study of why it is important to consider IEA when developing natural resource and economic development policy. The authors recommend steps policymakers can take to identify and encourage positive aspects of the IEA. They also highlight several areas of research to improve understandings of the role of IEA in postindustrial societies. Charts and tables.

The Informal Economy Revisited

Author : Martha Chen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429575386
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book The Informal Economy Revisited written by Martha Chen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

The Urban Informal Sector in Asia

Author : S. V. Sethuraman
Publisher : International Labour Organization
ISBN 13 : 9789221082590
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book The Urban Informal Sector in Asia written by S. V. Sethuraman and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1992 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated bibliography which brings together about 240 recent titles on the urban informal sector in Asia, an area of high employment and rapid growth. Arranged thematically, it covers training, women, labour market, urban poverty, working conditions and economic growth.

FORMAL AND INFORMAL SECTOR: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND GOVERNMENT MEASURES IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Author : Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar
Publisher : Namya Press
ISBN 13 : 9355457391
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book FORMAL AND INFORMAL SECTOR: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND GOVERNMENT MEASURES IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT written by Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar and published by Namya Press. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Formal and Informal Sector in India -Causes, Consequences and Policy framework in socio-economic development” is an endeavor of the Research Wing of Siliguri College of Commerce, Siliguri to get an insight about the emerging issues faced by the formal and informal sector in India. As a developing economy, India has grown in GDP terms since 2005 and is one of the fastest growing economies in the world as of now, overtaking the GDP of Great Britain in 2022. Apart from her satisfactory growth in terms of formal planning, the size and magnitude of India’s informal sector is something which is a concern for both researchers and planners. Large informal clusters in metro cities of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico as well as in emerging metros like Surat, Siliguri, Bhopal and Vijaywada may thwart any comprehensive planning premises of a welfare state. There are issues of livelihoods and educational attainments if the informal base is large and operate beyond the spectrum of Government initiatives. The vulnerabilities of the migrant workers, the livelihoods of small traders and the literacy attainments of the school going children enrolled in low cost public schools were severely impacted when India was closed down for almost 187 days in 2020-2022 during the COVID crisis. The presence of informal workers in agricultural sector, small scale industries, MSMEs and informal employment is anything close to 235 million in India. There has been sincere efforts by our Governments to uplift the rural poor and the marginalized urban clusters by means of self-employment schemes and tax incentives, but such efforts do not reach the informal economy. Therefore the main focus lies in integrating these clusters with the formal economy. This is undoubtedly a formidable task. Further there is a need for a national floor to protect the wages of the clusters operating in the informal sector- in terms of minimum wage, health and safety measures as well as literacy attainments. On the other side, schooling, literacy attainments and livelihoods were severely affected during the lockdown. These are the issues which are raised in this publication.

Women in Informal Sector

Author : S. N. Tripathy
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788171416240
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Women in Informal Sector written by S. N. Tripathy and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study is a pioneering effort in contributing to some extent towards the understanding of the socio-economic problems of informal women labourers. The study examines the problems of construction women labour and women employed in domestic services in a backward state like Orissa, in a national framework. Both primary and secondary sources of data have been accumulated and used for analysis of factual data so as to make the study more interesting and useful. Contents: Introduction, Informal Sector Employment to Women Labourers, A Profile of the Study Area, Socio-Economic Features of Informal Women Labourers, Concluding Observations and the Policy Implication of the Study.

Rebel Streets and the Informal Economy

Author : Alison Brown
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317280091
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Rebel Streets and the Informal Economy written by Alison Brown and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street trade is a critical and highly visible component of the informal economy, linked to global systems of exchange. Yet policy responses are dismissive and evictions commonplace. Despite being progressively marginalised from public space, street traders in the global south are engaged in spatial and political battlegrounds to reclaim space, and claim de facto property rights over their place of work, through quiet infiltration, union power, or direct action. This book explores 'rebel streets', the challenges faced by informal economy actors and how organised groups are seeking to reframe legal understandings to create new claims to space and urban rights. The book sets out new thinking and a conceptual framework for improved understanding of the plural relationship between law, rights, and space for the informal economy, the contest between traditional, modernist and rights-based approaches to development, and impacts on the urban working poor. With a focus on street trading, the book seeks to reframe the legal context in which modern informal economies operate, drawing on key areas of academic inquiry and case studies of how vendors are staking claim to urban rights. The book argues for a reconceptualisation of legal instruments to provide a rights-based framework for urban work that recognises the legitimacy of urban informal economies, the scope for collective management of urban resources, and the social value of public space as a site for urban livelihoods. It will be of interest to students and scholars of geography, economics, urban studies, development studies, political studies and law.

Informal Women Workers in the Global South

Author : Jayati Ghosh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000297012
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Informal Women Workers in the Global South written by Jayati Ghosh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formalising employment is a desirable policy goal, but how it is done matters greatly, especially for women workers. Indeed, formalisation policies that do not recognise gendered realities and prevailing socio-economic conditions may be less effective and even counterproductive. This book examines the varying trajectories of formalisation and their impact on women workers in five developing countries in Asia and Africa: India, Thailand, South Africa, Ghana and Morocco. They range from low- to middle-income countries, which are integrated into global financial and goods markets to differing degrees and have varying labour market and macroeconomic conditions. The case studies, using macro and survey data as well as in-depth analysis of particular sectors, provide interesting and sometimes surprising insights. Despite some limited successes in providing social protection benefits to some informal workers, most formalisation policies have not really improved the working conditions of women workers. In many cases, that is because the policies are gender-blind and insensitive to the specific needs of women workers. The impact of formalisation policies on women in developing countries is relatively under-researched. This book provides new evidence that will be applicable across a wide range of developing country contexts and will be of interest to policymakers, feminist economists and students of economics, labour, gender and development studies, public policy, politics and sociology.

Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development

Author : Elizabeth Hill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136954287
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development written by Elizabeth Hill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes an important contribution to the fields of development economics, political economy and gender studies analysing the capacity of the Indian informal economy to deliver socio-economics security and well being to workers.

A New Social Street Economy

Author : Simon Grima
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1801171254
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book A New Social Street Economy written by Simon Grima and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Social Street Economy: An Effect of The COVID-19 Pandemic explores the impact of the Corona crisis on the capitalist world and how it contributes to the four main dimensions of social economy; which are supply of needs, social benefit production, fair distribution and sustainability.