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Entry Regulation and the Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing CountriesThe World Bank Research Observer Abstract: The majority of microenterprises in most developing countries remain informal despite more than a decade of reforms aimed at making... Read More
Bringing Commodity Chain Analysis Back to its World Systems Roots: Rediscovering Women’s Work and Households Abstract Read More
