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Seeking Rent in the Informal Sector [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
ABSTRACTRent seeking within the vast informal segment of the developing world is a relatively under‐explored topic in the interface of labor market policies and public economics. Moreover, how rent seeking and corruption within the informal segment gets affected by economic reforms targeted for the formal sector is rarely discussed in the literature ...
Biswajit Mandal, Vivekananda Mukherjee, Saibal Kar, Sugata Marjit, Sugata Marjit   +4 more
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Profile of informal sector workers and factors affecting informal sector employment in Jambi Province

Jurnal 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
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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)

Majalah 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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Overview of Informal Sector Workers Viewed from Education Variables

The Journal of Indonesia Sustainable Development Planning, 2023
The Special Region of Yogyakarta has a significant population engaged in the informal sector. This study aims to explore the relationship between educational level and participation in the informal sector.
Dodi Satriawan
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Covering the Informal Sector [PDF]

, 2014
In August 2013 researchers, practitioners and policymakers gathered in Kigali, Rwanda to discuss and debate one of the biggest challenges to achieving Universal Health Coverage – how to extend financial protection and equitable access to health services to those outside the formal employment sector.
Kara Hanson, Denise Mcintyre, Ayako Honda, Rebecca Wolfe   +3 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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The effect of economical phenomenon on informal construction workers earnings within Covid-19 pandemic: A mixed method analysis

Heliyon, 2022
The informal sector is an alternative to getting a job without special conditions such as education level or job skills. These informal workers are often found in the construction sector.
Maranatha Wijayaningtyas, Kukuh Lukiyanto, Ellysa Nursanti, Dimas Indra Laksmana   +3 more
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INFORMAL SECTOR MISALLOCATION [PDF]

Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2016
A quantitative framework of firm dynamics is developed where the size of the informal sector is determined by financial constraints and the burden of taxation. Improving access to credit for formal sector firms increases aggregate total factor productivity and output while reducing the size of the informal sector.
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THE CHARACTERISICS AND CHALLENGES OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR: IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FOR SMALL AND MICRO-BUSINESSES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA

Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023
The future of small and micro-enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria’s informal sector has received less attention since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, the challenges and characteristics of the informal sector are used as arguments for ...
Adeoluwa ADEWUMI, Crispen CHIPUNZA
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Modernizing the Informal Sector [PDF]

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Working Papers, 2007
Th e multiplicity of policies proposed to support the informal sector refl ects the lack of a common defi nition. Although they may produce positive eff ects, these are limited and fail to constitute a comprehensive strategic approach. Th e diff erent interpretations in the absence of a common defi nition as well as the strategies emerging from them ...
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