'This is a very stimulating book which should be read by everyone who wants to gain an understanding of the latest developments in the shadow economy.'--Friedrich Schneider, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria. 'Professor Williams is to be congratulated for this timely contribution - a...

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Theorising entrepreneurship in the informal sector -- An institutionalist perspective -- Determinants of institutional asymmetry -- Informal sector entrepreneurship in global perspective -- Prevalence of informal entrepreneurship -- Impacts of informal...

"This Modern Guide presents a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary thought on the informal economy, which, far from being a peripheral feature of the global economy, the author demonstrates, is a system in which the majority of the global workforce are employed and which has pervasive...