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formal and informal sectors in order to enhance their performance and growth. Unfortunately, there is no agreed method by … identify the different contextual dimensions influencing formal and informal enterprise creation processes in SSA. …
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informal sector in the presence of corruption. The impact of the interaction between growth and corruption on economic … performance (increase or decrease of the informal sector) will be discussed. To the best of our knowledge, our paper is unique in … the empirical literature because it studies the effect of the interaction between growth and corruption in the informal …
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rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577, economic growth reduces (increases) informal economic sector. The corruption …, public and private agents to fight corruption, in view of decreasing the informal economic sector through economic growth. …
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Purpose - In this paper, we introduce firm heterogeneity in the context of a model of non-compliance with minimum wage legislation. Design/methodology/approach - Theoretical modeling under government compliance policy and wages & employment under non compliance. Findings - The introduction of...
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improved farm inputs and by extension, spurs rural informal sector economic activities in sub - Saharan Africa. Implications … prerequisite and a driving force for accelerated development and sustainable growth in su b - Saharan Africa. The objective of this … investigation is to assess the impact of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) e - wallet programme on informal farm …
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formalization of informal sector employment and policies to improve labor market matches. …The aim of this study is to assess the effect of informal employment on the occurrence of overeducation in developing … isolate the role of informal employment as a determinant of overeducation. To measure overeducation, we mainly use the …
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, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa where about 50 percent of … countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the MDG extreme poverty target despite the sub-region enjoying more than two …
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This study investigates the role of information sharing offices (public credit registries and private credit bureaus) in reducing market power for financial access in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for the period 2001-2011....
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The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The indirect impact is assessed through financial development channels. The empirical evidence is based on three interactive and non-interactive...
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This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
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