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(english) This paper investigates the dynamics of the informal sector in Madagascar during a period of fragile growth. Overall, the behavior of informal firms in terms of earnings, employment and capital accumulation points to a degree of heterogeneity which goes beyond a simple dualistic model...
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Measuring the informal sector and informal employment is of critical importance owing to the key role that this sector plays in African economies – a role that is set to expand in the years to come. This article presents an assessment of 1-2-3 surveys on the infor mal sector and infor mal...
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This article examines the dynamics of the informal sector in Madagascar during the 1995-2004 period, which was characterized by sustained growth that ended due to a major political crisis. As conventionally assumed by simple dualistic models, the informal sector indeed fulfils a labor-absorbing...
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This paper addresses the issue of labour market sectoral allocation, and more specifically of the determinant of "choosing" the informal sector in Vietnam, a massive and unknown component of the Vietnamese economy. Instead of focusing on indirect measures to reveal individual preferences, our...
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(english) This paper analyzes the level of job satisfaction expressed by individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa. The approach is original in three respects. no in-depth economic study has ever been produced on the determinants of job satisfaction on this continent; the approach aims at isolating the...
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(english) This article highlights the main findings of an evaluation report on the impact of a microfinance program … based in Antananarivo. It first provides background information on microfinance programs in Madagascar and on the market …-demand for micro-loans. It then describes the main characteristics of the participants to the microfinance program under concern …
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la micro-finance. Elle décrit ensuite succinctement l’état de l’offre et de la demande de micro-crédit à Madagascar. Elle …Cette étude s’attache à analyser l’impact d’une institution de microfinance opérant auprès de micro- entrepreneurs à …This study aims at assessing the impact of a microfinance institution serving micro-entrepreneurs in Antananarivo …
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This study aims at assessing the impact of a microfinance institution serving micro-entrepreneurs in Antananarivo … (Madagascar). It starts by reviewing the recent literature on the socioeconomic impact of microfinance, then moves on to describe … the current state of supply and demand of micro-credit in Madagascar. Finally, the results of the examination of the …
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