Fiscal Justice

OpEd: South Africa’s Informal Sector Creates Jobs

WIEGO’s Michael Rogan and Caroline Skinner wrote an OpEd in The Conversation shedding light on the realities of South Africa’s...

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Lilongwe, Malawi

In 2013, 89 per cent of Malawi’s 5.5 million employed people were informally employed. Informal economy budget analysis (IEBA) explores the...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

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Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth (Chinese)

The Global Wage Report 2012/13 looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

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A Literature Review on Linkages Between Formal and Informal Economies in Developing Countries

Growing awareness of the size and organizational potential of informal economies in the era of globalization has triggered a profusion of...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima

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Illegal Mining, Impatient Mafia and Ill-treated Administrators

As the construction sector grows, illegal sand and granite mining can only be expected to increase. From what can be seen until now, honest...

The Informal Sector in Jinja, Uganda: Implications of Formalization and Regulation

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana

About 86 per cent of Ghanaian workers work in the informal economy but together they earn only 40 per cent of national income. This is because...