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Author |
: Alexis Malefakis |
Publisher |
: Zed Books |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 2020-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1786994518 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781786994516 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tanzania's Informal Economy by : Alexis Malefakis
The market places and street corners of Dar es Salaam are home to a thriving informal economy of street vendors selling secondhand clothing and other goods. These street vendors often live a precarious existence, under pressure from state authorities and international markets. In addition to these external pressures, the experiences of such vendors are also shaped by a complex interplay of internal tensions, rivalries and conflicting communal ties. Such internal dynamics are a common part of informal economies around the world, but have largely gone unrecognised and unexamined by academic scholarship. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive interviews with vendors living and working in Dar es Salaam, Malefakis's book offers a nuanced portrait of those trying to carve out a livelihood in a major African city, one in which ties of kinship and ethnicity are often viewed as a barrier, rather than an aid, to success. In the process, Malefakis provides an invaluable new perspective on the way in which co-operation, or lack thereof, functions in an informal economy, as well as insight into the lived experiences of those who depend on such economies.
Author |
: Franziska Ohnsorge |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 397 |
Release |
: 2022-02-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781464817540 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1464817545 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Long Shadow of Informality by : Franziska Ohnsorge
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 |
: Ioana Horodnic |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 236 |
Release |
: 2017-09-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351655316 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351655310 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Informal Economy by : Ioana Horodnic
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 |
: Leandro Medina |
Publisher |
: International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages |
: 31 |
Release |
: 2017-07-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781484309032 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1484309030 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Leandro Medina
The multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) method is a well-established tool for measuring informal economic activity. However, it has been criticized because GDP is used both as a cause and indicator variable. To address this issue, this paper applies for the first time the light intensity approach (instead of GDP). It also uses the Predictive Mean Matching (PMM) method to estimate the size of the informal economy for Sub-Saharan African countries over 24 years. Results suggest that informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa remains among the largest in the world, although this share has been very gradually declining. It also finds significant heterogeneity, with informality ranging from a low of 20 to 25 percent in Mauritius, South Africa and Namibia to a high of 50 to 65 percent in Benin, Tanzania and Nigeria.
Author |
: Marc Wuyts |
Publisher |
: Economic and Social Research Foundation |
Total Pages |
: 54 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCLA:L0081367591 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Informal Economy Wage Goods and the Changing Patterns of Accumulation Under Structural Adjustment by : Marc Wuyts
Author |
: Aili Mari Tripp |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 284 |
Release |
: 2023-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520327436 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520327438 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Changing the Rules by : Aili Mari Tripp
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.
Author |
: Arvil V. Adams |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 295 |
Release |
: 2013-07-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780821399699 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0821399691 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector by : Arvil V. Adams
This book uses household surveys in five countries of Sub-Saharan Africa to describe employment off the farm in the region s growing informal sector and assesses how different forms of education and training, including apprenticeships, influence choices in employment and earnings.
Author |
: Charles David Smith |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 164 |
Release |
: 2017-03-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351941983 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351941984 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ecology, Civil Society and the Informal Economy in North West Tanzania by : Charles David Smith
Based on a decade of first-hand experience and secondary research, this richly detailed study follows daily life in four villages in Tanzania. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, this comprehensive account examines the regional economy, determinants of civil society and implications for democratization, AIDS, population growth, refugees, crops and goods and implications for development. Charles David Smith brings together well over 200 interviews and his own experience of everyday events, providing a constructive critique of current initiatives and a potent new direction that has so far been under-explored by existing bodies. An essential text for all serious students and researchers interested in development.
Author |
: Alexis Malefakis |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 179 |
Release |
: 2019-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786994523 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786994526 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tanzania's Informal Economy by : Alexis Malefakis
The market places and street corners of Dar es Salaam are home to a thriving informal economy of street vendors selling secondhand clothing and other goods. These street vendors often live a precarious existence, under pressure from state authorities and international markets. In addition to these external pressures, the experiences of such vendors are also shaped by a complex interplay of internal tensions, rivalries and conflicting communal ties. Such internal dynamics are a common part of informal economies around the world, but have largely gone unrecognised and unexamined by academic scholarship. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive interviews with vendors living and working in Dar es Salaam, Malefakis's book offers a nuanced portrait of those trying to carve out a livelihood in a major African city, one in which ties of kinship and ethnicity are often viewed as a barrier, rather than an aid, to success. In the process, Malefakis provides an invaluable new perspective on the way in which co-operation, or lack thereof, functions in an informal economy, as well as insight into the lived experiences of those who depend on such economies.
Author |
: Xiaolan Fu |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 437 |
Release |
: 2020-12-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781316872215 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1316872211 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Innovation under the Radar by : Xiaolan Fu
Investigating the nature, drivers and sources of innovation in Africa, this book examines the channels for effective diffusion of innovation in and to Africa under institutional, resource and affordability constraints. Fu draws on almost a decade of research on innovation in Africa to explore these issues and unpack the process, combining a rigorous statistical analysis of a purposely designed multi-wave, multi-country survey with in-depth studies of representative cases. Building on this research, Fu argues that African firms are innovative but unsupported. Those 'under-the-radar' innovations that widely exist in Africa as a result of the constraints are not sufficient to enable Africa to leapfrog the innovation gap in the era of the fourth Industrial Revolution. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the creation and diffusion of innovation in low income countries. It also provides the first survey-based analysis of innovation in the informal economy.