History, Debate and Theory

The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions

Abstract: Informal employment represents more than half of nonagricultural employment in most developing regions, contributes to the overall...

Reality and Analysis: Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women

The Informal Economy in South Africa: Issues, Debates and Policies – Reflections after an Exposure Dialogue Programme

Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour

Latin American capitalism: economic and social policy in transition

Is Informal Normal? Towards More and Better Jobs in Developing Countries

Criminalising the Livelihoods of the Poor: The impact of formalising informal trading on female and migrant traders in Durban

According to the author’s of this report, the policy of the eThekwini Municipality in South Africa on informal economy, encompassing informal...

Global Recession and the Informal Economy: Evidence from Latin America and Beyond

Facing the Facts: Acknowledging the informal economy in anti-poverty policies and services

Most people who work informally are forced to do so to make ends meet rather than out of a desire to cheat the system. Yet by working in...

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...