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Showing 1 to 20 of 188 for “"Informal Sector"”.
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Studies in Indian informal sector
… the trade liberalization policies and the informal sector wages, and examines the economy of the self-employed sector of India. Specifically, this dissertation (i) develops a general equilibrium model incorporating the self-employed sector as a separate informal sector and demonstrates the …
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The informal sector in Cuernavaca
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Women, the household economy and the informal sector in Hanoi
… lifting of restrictions against the private sector and mass unemployment resulting from cuts in subsidies to state-owned enterprise has resulted in a blossoming of the informal sector, and a revival of this 'traditional’ occupation for women. This revival has taken place with the tacit, …
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The Informal sector under Ohada: Implications for law and development
… Law in Africa (OHADA) in relation to the informal sector in West Africa. The paper also considers the challenges to successful legal reform arising from the interaction of African cultural and social values with imposed formal law. Means to improve links between OHADA formal laws and …
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Formal informal sector responses for housing low-income people in Colombia
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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The diffusion of information and communication technologies in the informal sector in Kenya
… and communication technologies (ICTs) in the informal sector in Kenya. The study specifically focused on micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in two provinces in Kenya, namely Nairobi Province and Central Province. Information for the study was gathered through a literature review, a field …
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A study of information needs and uses of the informal sector of Uganda
… determine the information needs and uses of the informal sector in Uganda. For this purpose, it was necessary to review literature on the informal sector and to provide an overview of the information systems and services in the country. The demographic, business and cultural characteristics of …
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Female Participation in the Informal Sector in Brazil in 1996 and in 2005
… I examine the participation of women in the informal sector in Brazil in 1996 and 2005. Using micro-level data from the Brazilian Monthly Employment Survey, I find Brazilian female workers became older, more educated, and that female informal employment increased over the period studied. …
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VAT Reform in a Developing Country. A CGE Model with an Informal Sector
… the zero-rating of food. I incorporate an informal retail sector in the supply of goods with two distinctive features: an indirect tax on the informal retail sector and a productivity gap between the formal and informal retail sectors. In the model the efficiency effect of the reform not …
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Livelihood development for women with vision impairments in the informal sector in Ghana
… development and participation of women in the informal sector have been recognised as a key factor for social and economic liberation. When women, especially women with vision impairments, participate in livelihood, they reap the benefits of a stable income source, a better standard of living, …
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Factors affecting tax administration in the informal sector: a case study of Lusaka district.
… of Factors Affecting Tax Evasion in the Informal Sector: A case Study of Lusaka. The study was guided by the following objectives, To establish factors that lead to non-compliance on tax remittance in informal sector. To identify the challenges that affect revenue mobilization by Zambia …
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Factors affecting tax administration in the informal sector: a case study of Lusaka district.
… of Factors Affecting Tax Evasion in the Informal Sector: A case Study of Lusaka. The study was guided by the following objectives, To establish factors that lead to non-compliance on tax remittance in informal sector. To identify the challenges that affect revenue mobilization by Zambia …
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Heat exposure and adaptation strategies of outdoor informal sector workers in urban Bulawayo - Zimbabwe
… portion of the population work outdoors in the informal sector as street vendors (hawkers) due to a lack of employment opportunities. These hawkers spend long hours in the sun or under makeshift sheds with poorly developed adaptation strategies, and no access to cooling systems both at work and …
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Caring biographies : qualitative explorations of South African informal sector workers' gendered subjectivities of care
… how gender identities shape the experiences of informal sector workers, particularly street traders, as they balance work and caregiving responsibilities. Focusing on 20 street traders (10 women and 10 men) in rural Venda, South Africa, the research aims to understand the historical, cultural, …
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Towards a sustainable municipal solid waste management in Abuja, Nigeria: enhancing the informal sector
This study explored the activities of the informal sector, principally the informal waste pickers (IWPs) and proposed ways of enhancing their activities towards achieving sustainable municipal solid waste management practices in Abuja, Nigeria. Although the activities of the IWPs play a vital role …
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Water for the urban poor : Côte d'Ivoire's experiment with private and informal sector cooperation
… a result, the poor tend to rely on individual, informal vendors who sell water at very high prices. In an effort to bridge this service gap and provide the urban poor with easy and affordable access to water without investing in costly infrastructure, some public utilities have tried to form …
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Socio-Economic Impacts of Micro-enterprise Credit in the Informal Sector of Managua, Nicaragua
This analysis will characterize the informal sector in Managua, Nicaragua as small-scale units engaged in the production and distribution of goods and services whose primary objective is to generate employment for the participants rather than maximize their profits. Managua's informal sector …
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Assessment of innovative entrepreneurship in the informal sector in Collins Chabane Local Municipality, South Africa
The informal sector plays an important role in local economic development (LED), particularly in contexts where formal employment opportunities are limited. This study investigates innovative entrepreneurship within the informal street food sector in Malamulele Central Business District (CBD) in …
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The Effect of Education on Earnings and Employment in the Informal Sector in South Africa
… of schooling on earnings and employment in the informal private sector, compared with those in the public and formal private sectors, in South Africa. The estimations are conducted by race and gender as well to examine the difference between various subgroups. The research also examines the …
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Perceptions of craftsmen and apprentices regarding self-employment skill acquisition in the Kenyan informal sector
… taught by craftsmen to apprentices involved in informal apprenticeship activities. The results were obtained from structured interviews with 52 craftsmen and 52 apprentices who were involved in apprenticeship activities in the informal sector in Nairobi. The population consisted of craftsmen and …
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