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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"formal economy"”.
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Empirical Analysis of Disguised Relationships between Formal Economy Firms and Informal Economy Enterprises
Scholarly interest in the informal economy has burgeoned in recent years, in anticipation of expanding our knowledge beyond the easily observable organizational life that takes place within the formal economic system. In line with this research endeavour, the present work represents a focused study …
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The Political Economy of St. Catharines' Illicit Taxi Trade
… transformations within the broader regulated (formal) economy. The connection between the formal and informal sectors can more accurately be described as co-optation and, as a subordinate integration of the informal to the formal. The city of St. Catharines within Niagara, along with much of …
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Formalising the informal : the South African mini-bus taxi industry at the crossroads
… Mini-Bus taxi industry is rooted within the informal sector yet much of its profitability and survival has been forged and become entrenched by cultivating a presence within the formal economy. This dualism has created many internal pressures for this industry and many of these pressures have …
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Employing developmental mentorship to enhance the livelihoods and entrepreneurial capabilities of waste pickers
… reasons associated with the South African economy and their life trajectories, including a lack of skills. The consequence of this is that these individuals are unable to find secure employment in the formal economy. The income they obtain is from the recyclable items that they collect, …
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A gendered analysis of the ready-made garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh: a paradox of empowerment and dis-empowerment
… in number of poor women workers entering the formal economy of Bangladesh may give the impression of empowerment, I argue that the disadvantages associated with employment in the garments sector creates a paradox of empowerment and dis-empowerment. Does economic opportunity inevitably lead to …
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Survival Strategies of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
I examined how Syrian refugees in Jordan use informal communication networks to cope with restrictive socio-economic and legal conditions. Based on 11 semi-structured interviews with Syrian refugees in Jordan, I uncovered how wasta (an informal practice rooted in family and communal bonds) and …
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Marriage, motherhood, childcare arrangements and work: female labor force participation and informal employment under Chinese economic reform
… in the labor force and involvement in the informal economy—jobs marked by long working hours, low wages, and little benefits. China experiences rapid economic growth and institutional re-structuring in the market transition where the gender equality legacies in the socialist era largely …
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The InforMALL: Shopping malls as infrastructures to support small-scale informal businesses
My dissertation inquiry focuses on the informal economic sector within the emerging economic area of Delft. This was born out of a personal fascination with the concept of informal or 'alternative-formal' economics. The existence of this concept was first brought to my attention through the Spaces …
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An analysis of the decision to formally register a new venture in Sub-Saharan Africa
… the factors that influence the decision to formally register a new venture, by nascent entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding these factors is important because registration is the inflection point where entrepreneurs move from the informal to the formal economy. Registered …
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The effect of the East African community integration process on informal cross-border trade (ICBT) : an analysis of the Customs Union Protocol
Informal cross border trade (ICBT) includes imports and exports that are traded across borders informally by escaping the normal border procedures like customs clearance. As a consequence of the said informality, ICBT is viewed as illegal cross border activities. Despite the fact that it is not …
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Strategies of survival among illegal migrants in Montreal
… labour market, that is on the fringes of the formal economy or in the informal economy. Income disparities between North and South countries ensure that migrants continue to live and work illegally in Montreal. This raises a discussion of the strategies used by migrants to change their status …
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The interdependence of human rights: a case study with recommendations for law reform to promote decent work in the informal economy and street vending sector in Nigeria
… human development. One example of such work is informal employment. As the informal economy has continued to expand, growing concern about the nature and quality of work has, over the past two decades, given rise to various attempts to measure and promote decent work. Decent work means work that …
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Understanding the Contemporary Character of Braamfontein Johannesburg: Towards a renewed understanding of urban renewal in cities in the South
… or gentrification; how attempts to suppress informal trade have led to the proliferation of iterant strategies on the part of hawkers, and have in turn led to enhanced relationships between informal traders and the formal economy; and, finally, how the presence of communities self-identifying …
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Enterprise Survival and Growth: Classification, Structures, and Policy Development in Nigeria.
Research on Informal Economy (IE) has advanced over recent years and gained increasing popularity. Despite this interest, there is a dearth of research exploring the institutionalisation of Informal Economy Entrepreneurs (IEEs), particularly enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and implications …
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A musical ethnography of the Kaapse Klopse carnival in Cape Town, South Africa
… in carnival reflects their position in the formal economy. Finally, in the last part, I examine the music of the <i>Kaapse Klopse</i> and explore its place within a rapidly changing South Africa, in which carnival and the political mainstream are moving in opposite directions, focusing on …
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Where Market Meets Community: An Economic and Gender Study of Microfinance in The Gambia
… level growth will bridge the gap between the formal and informal sectors; alleviate poverty and exclusion, ignoring other important factors such as political, social, cultural and religious issues. The government, microfinance outlets and international development agencies have implemented …
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Ethnography of 'Herero Mall' (Windhoek) as a post-apartheid social space
… Most traders if not all are unable to join formal employment because of their low level of education. ‘Herero Mall’ exists against the backdrop of high unemployment in the city where enormous wealth rubs shoulders with abject poverty. Subjected to history and with reference to power symbols …
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The applicability of the Grameen Bank model in South Africa
… that effectively compete with the formal economy. Microfinance institutions could address operational inefficiency by making use of the community based lending structures already operating under the Grameen philosophy, known as stokvels, and by embracing cell phone technology. In …
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Regulatory Transgression? Drivers, Aims and Effects of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Regulation in Pakistan
… is a key feature of the contemporary global economy. Since 9/11 particularly, the remarkable growth of this field of regulation has been characterized by both scale and intensity. However, this drive towards regulatory convergence is puzzling: the efficacy of the regulation remains unproven …
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Gender and education : a microeconometric analysis of returns to education in Nigeria
… regression, the wages of men and women across formal and informal sectors are decomposed to further examine the extent of discrimination at several quantile points along the wage distribution. The findings unveil the role of sectoral contexts in shaping returns by gender. For men, estimated …
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