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The informal Economy as an engine for poverty reduction and development in Egypt
Attia, Sayed Moawad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The purpose of this paper is handling the informal sector in Egypt and the role it can play in accelerating the development process and poverty reduction. The structure of the paper starts with an introduction, and then gives a definition of development and its objectives in order to give a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836256
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South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile
Gabrielle, Wills - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This report presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, using September … employment and its recent trends. It describes the nature of informal work in South Africa and highlights heterogeneity in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257922
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Un modelo IS/LM con economía ilegal y lavado de dinero
Slim, Sadri - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to present an extended version of the IS/LM model, with illegal economy and money laundering in a closed economy, which allows an macroeconomic analysis of the effects of this presence on short-term equilibrium. Without disregarding the FATF´s money laundering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258619
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Macroeconomic aspects of the grey economy - the case of Macedonia
Nenovski, Tome - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Compared regionally, Republic of Macedonia has one of the highest levels of grey economy activity. According to some estimations, it accounts for about 40% of GDP. This high level of grey economy has a direct influence to the main economic indicators, categories and instruments for macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259580
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How, Why and in What Sectors Employment Informality Decreased in Argentina from 2003 to 2012
Bertranou, Fabio; Casanova, Luis; Sarabia, Marianela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In a brief period of time after the 2001-2002 crisis, there was a dramatic fall in informal salaried employment in … Argentina. Informal employment—also called “non-registered employment”—refers to employment for which no social security … the recent evolution of informal employment and the main policies designed to reduce its scope and to encourage the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260858
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When Cards and ATM’s are the only choice: A fortnight in Cyprus with no banking system, nor trust
Efthymiou, Leonidas; Michael, Sophia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The aim of this article is to offer some insights into the remarkable happenings that occurred in Cyprus during a two-week period (15 March – 28 March 2013) when the country was left with no banking system, subsisting solely on ATMs and cards. At the same time, we aim to provide some new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261105
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Skill Acquisition in the Informal Economy and Schooling Decisions: Evidence from Emerging Economies
Tumen, Semih - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Informal jobs offer skill acquisition opportunities that may facilitate a future switch to formal employment for young …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203018
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Problems in the structure of Romania’s economy
Albu, Lucian-Liviu; Georgescu, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
The study focused on the early stage of Romania’s transition to the market economy during 1990-1992, based on statistical data available at that time. Because of the inherited structural distortions, the persistence of strong forces of inertia and the incoherence of economic and monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876890
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Regulation, governance and informality: an empirical analysis of selected countries
Roychowdhury, Punarjit; Dutta, Mousumi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The Informal Economy provides employment to more than 60 per cent of the labour population in the developing world … 1980 and 2008, we empirically investigate into the linkages between governance, regulation and informal employment by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323213
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Whether or not the informal economy as an engine for poverty alleviation in Vietnam
Nguyen, Thi Minh Hieu; Nguyen, Thi Huong Giang; Vu, Thi … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines impacts of income from informal employment and informal sector employment on poverty in Vietnam to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108558