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Microcredit as a strategy for employment creation: A systematic review of literature

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2022
National governments and their development partners have considered microcredit as a strategic tool for vulnerable populations. Easy access to finance increases the client’s ability to invest and allows clients to use resources to change their behaviour,
Djihad Tria   +2 more
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A sectoral analysis of output elasticity of employment in South Africa

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2023
Background: Despite considerable efforts by the South African government, such as the Youth Employment Service (YES) programme, unemployment remains an enigma.
Marvellous Ngundu, Harold Ngalawa
doaj   +1 more source

TRENDS OF FUNCTIONING OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR OF THE UKRAINE ECONOMY

open access: yesВісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка, 2017
. Defined the tendencies of functioning of the informal economy on the basis of the proposed methodological approach by combining the method of informal employment (according to the materials of the State statistics service of Ukraine) and the method of ...
A. Khodzhaian, B. Ganzha
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INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT OF THE POPULATION OF RUSSIA: ASSESSMENT OF THE SCALE AND THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC FINANCES OF THE COUNTRY

open access: yesФинансы: теория и практика, 2017
Topic. The research object of the article is informal employment of the population of the Russian Federation. The authors assessed the magnitude of this phenomenon in the period from 2005 to 2015.
V. N. Salin, V. V. Narbut
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Lockdown stringency and employment formality: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

open access: yesJournal for Labour Market Research, 2023
In response to COVID-19 most governments used some form of lockdown policy to manage the pandemic. This required making iterative policy decisions in a rapidly changing epidemiological environment resulting in varying levels of lockdown stringency over ...
Timothy Köhler   +3 more
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Informality as a stepping stone: A search-theoretical assessment of informal sector and government policy

open access: yesCentral Bank Review, 2016
This paper develops a model of sequential job search to understand the factors determining the effect of tax and enforcement policies on the size (i.e., employment share) of informal sector. The focus is on the role of informal sector as a stepping stone
Semih Tümen
doaj   +1 more source

Kesadaran Konsumen dan Niat Membeli Jaminan Sosial Ketenagakerjaan Pada Pekerja Sektor Informal

open access: yesJurnal Aplikasi Bisnis dan Manajemen, 2023
Informal workers are considered as a marginal group often neglected in terms of protection in their work, especially employment social security. Indonesia is dominated by the number of informal workers inversely proportional to the number of participants
Ranti Fitri Anwar   +2 more
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Skills-related underemployment amongst South Africa’s informally employed and self-employed: A case study of Potchefstroom

open access: yesSA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020
Orientation: Mainstream development theory views the informal sector as a shock absorber in an economic crisis. South Africa’s informal sector is smaller than that of many developing countries and very little research has investigated underemployment in ...
Mosima Ngwenya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The dual labour market theory and the informal sector in South Africa

open access: yesActa Commercii, 2006
Purpose of the paper: The purpose of this paper is to revisit the dual labour market theory as far as the informal sector in South Africa is concerned.
M. D. Uys, P. F. Blaauw
doaj   +1 more source

The urban informal sector as a means of livelihood improvement among youth: Evidence from Hawassa city, Ethiopia

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2023
The informal sector constitutes a vital part of developing countries’ economy. It serves as a major source of employment and livelihood for the urban poor.
Tariku Lorato   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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