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Drivers of informal sector and non-prescription medication use in pediatric populations in a low- and middle-income setting: A prospective cohort study in Zambia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLOS Global Public Health, 2023
Obtaining medication from the informal sector is common in low- and middle- income countries. Informal sector use increases the risk for inappropriate medication use, including inappropriate antibiotic usage.
Sanne Wildbret   +6 more
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Causes of Option for Informal Sector [PDF]

open access: yesRevista de Management Comparat International, 2020
Informality is a feature, specific to any economy, regardless its nature and development degree, but it has a significant share in developing or poorly developed economies.
Cristian MARINESCU, Alina BRATILOVEANU
doaj   +1 more source

Improving upon the working environment of informal sector workers in Ghana: The role of planning

open access: yesCogent Medicine, 2021
: The formalization of the informal sector in Ghana can never be achieved without planning the working environment of the informal sector workers. Although studies have touched on various aspects of the informal sector working environment, no review ...
Dina Adei   +4 more
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Harnessing the growth of the informal sector to promote Local Economic Development in the Gweru Urban

open access: yesThe Dyke, 2022
The continued decline in formal employment, accompanied by economic decline, and rapid urban population growth, has resulted in the rapid growth of the informal sector in urban local authorities.
Julianos Masimba   +2 more
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Global social challenges for development studies in the Crisis in the Anthropocene

open access: yesGlobal Social Challenges Journal, 2023
This panel discussion session explores some of the central dimensions of the Crisis in the Anthropocene that constitute global social challenges in the context of development studies. The conference theme highlighted the profound human impact on our blue-
Simon David   +8 more
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Modelling the informal sector and energy consumption in Ghana

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open, 2022
The International Monetary Fund (2017) defines the informal sector as unrecorded economic activities that possess monetary value and contribute to tax revenue and gross domestic product.
John Bosco Dramani   +2 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

Profile of informal sector workers and factors affecting informal sector employment in Jambi Province

open access: yesJurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah, 2017
This study aims to analyze; 1) the profile of informal sector workers in Jambi Province; 2) The development of informal sector employment in Jambi Province; 3).
Purwaka Hari Prihanto, Adi Bhakti
doaj   +1 more source

The South African informal sector’s socio-economic exclusion from basic service provisions: A critique of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality’s approach to the informal sector

open access: yesJournal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2021
This study explores the exclusion of informal micro-enterprises from the provision of basic urban infrastructure services in Duncan Village in East London, South Africa.
B. Masuku, O. Nzewi
doaj   +1 more source

Kesempatan Kerja Sektor Informal Di Daerah Perkotaan, Indonesia (Analisis Pertumbuhan dan Peranannya) = Employment Opportunity in Informal Sector in the Urban Areas, Indonesia (The growth and role analysis)

open access: yesMajalah Geografi Indonesia, 2014
This paper deals with employment opportunities in the urban areas of Indonesia. The informal sector is present in almost every city in this country. The existence of the informal sector is usually associated with the lack of labour absorption capacity of
Tadjuddin Noer Effendi
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