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Enkele strategieë vir ekonomie se ontwikkeling in die informele sektor

open access: yesKoers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1991
Since 2 February 1990 the pace of change in South Africa has been accelerating on all fronts. One naturally thinks of political development,but this change applies equally to economic development in the black informal sector There is a need for national ...
H. E.C de Bruyn
doaj   +1 more source

TRIANGLE ANALYSIS OF HEALTH INSURANCE PUBLIC POLICY: A CASE STUDY ON THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN INDONESIA [PDF]

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, 2017
Background: The proportion of informal sector dominates the labour force in Indonesia. Yet, their presence has not been fully covered in the national health insurance system. Health insurance policy in Indonesia continues to change.
Haerawati Idris
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Factors associated with health-seeking behaviour among informal sector workers in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana

open access: yesCogent Public Health, 2022
Even though studies have established that informal sector workers are prone to occupational-related diseases, not much is known about their health-seeking behaviour.
Dina Adei   +3 more
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Citizen Engagement for Social and Technological Innovation in Sustainable Energy Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study underscores the potential of citizen participation in the energy transition by providing insights to foster citizen‐driven innovation. An analysis of energy communities, one of the most dynamic innovations in the energy sector, reveals that these models can be citizen‐led initiatives regarding their operational and organizational structure ...
Ana Belén Cristóbal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Reform, informal sector, and extortion [PDF]

open access: yesEconomics & Politics, 2017
AbstractInformal economy involving unrecorded, unregistered, extra‐legal activities employs majority of the work force in the developing world. Such extra‐legal existence of informal production is facilitated through extortion by agents of political forces in power. Also, extortion activities themselves constitute an informal segment.
Biswajit Mandal   +2 more
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Does ESG Matter for Unlisted Companies in the Agri‐Food Industry? Evidence From Japan's Unlisted Agri‐Food Companies

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While ESG (environmental, social, and governance) is emphasized among listed companies for their stakeholders and ESG disclosures, ESG engagement among unlisted companies has been rarely examined due to data limitations. This is particularly problematic for the agri‐food industry that has significant impacts on the environment and consists ...
Ying Wang, Satoru Shimokawa
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An empirical study into the informal sector: The link between entrepreneurial activity and firm performance

open access: yesJournal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2021
Orientation: Within an emerging market context, the informal sector’s role was deemed critical towards achieving ideals of a developmental state. Given this perceived importance, there was a need to continually study informal sector entrepreneurial ...
Tinashe Napwanya   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Theory of the Informal Sector [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
In many countries, especially poor countries, a heavy burden of taxes, fees, bureaucratic hassles, and bribes drives many producers into an informal sector. This paper shows that we can attribute the existence of a large informal sector to the fact that, because productive endowments contain important unobservable components, the state cannot adjust ...
Yoshiaki Azuma, Herschel I. Grossman
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