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The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

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This report is the first of a series of papers that were commissioned under the auspices of the ILO Inter-Sectoral Task Force on the Informal Economy in preparation for the general discussion on the informal economy at the 90th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva in June 2002. The papers in this series include studies of regional trends, selected country level studies and thematic investigations at the global level. Most of them seek to identify new trends and patterns that have emerged over the last several years and to go into more depth regarding the factors underlying the continuing growth of the informal economy, not only in developing countries, but also in advanced countries and countries undergoing transition. Particular attention has been paid to the impact of globalization, liberalization, privatisation, migration, industrial reorganization and macro-economic policies prompting these trends.

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Xaba, Jantjie, Horn, Pat, and Motala, Shirin. The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Working Paper on the Informal Economy, (10), . International Labour Organization, 2002. Xaba, J., Horn, P., and Motala, S. (2002). The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Working Paper on the Informal Economy, (10), . Xaba, Jantjie, Horn, Pat, and Motala, Shirin. "The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa." Working Paper on the Informal Economy, International Labour Organization, 2002, .Xaba Jantjie, Horn Pat, and Motala Shirin. "The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa." Working Paper on the Informal Economy , no. 10 (2002). Xaba, J, Horn, P, and Motala, S 2002, 'The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa', Working Paper on the Informal Economy, (10), . Jantjie Xaba, Pat Horn, and Shirin Motala, 'The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa' (2002) Working Paper on the Informal Economy Xaba J., Horn P., and Motala S. The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Working Paper on the Informal Economy. 2002(10). Xaba, Jantjie, Horn, Pat, and Motala, Shirin. The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Working Paper on the Informal Economy. 2002, (10), .

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