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Trade unions and the informal economy in Zambia: Building strength or loosing ground?

Heidenreich, Georg; Heidenreich, Georg - 2007

The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...

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Oil politics in the new Iraq

Moore, Clement Henry (contributor); Rai, Varun (contributor) - 2011

Iraq is one of the world’s major oil suppliers, and over ninety percent of its government revenues come from oil … Saddam Hussein. One major political battle preventing Iraq from developing its hydrocarbons industry is over the nature of … federalism among all of the sects battling for oil wealth in Iraq. This paper focuses primarily on the issue between Kurds and …

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International petroleum statistics report: April 1996

2010

This report presents data on international oil production, demand, imports, exports, and stocks. The report has four sections. Section 1 contains time series data on world oil production, and on oil demand and stocks in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This...

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The nature of unemployment in urban Ethiopia

Serneels, Pieter - 2004

With around 50% of the urban men between age 15 and 30 unemployed, Ethiopia has one of the highest unemployment rates worldwide. This paper describes the nature ofunemployment among young men in urban Ethiopia. We analyse the determinants ofincidence and duration and find that most variables...

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Unemployment duration, job search and labour market segmentation: Evidence from urban Ethiopia

Serneels, Pieter - 2008

Although it is a common theoretical assumption that the chances to find a job fall with time in unemployment, this is not systematically confirmed by empirical evidence, and there is no evidence for developing countries. We develop a framework that allows us to test the four major explanations...

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Essays on Tax Evasion and Government Spending in Developing Countries

Embaye, Abel Berhe - 2007

The dissertation aims at broadening our understanding of tax evasion and government spending in developing countries. It comprises three essays. The first essay deals with estimation of tax evasion in a cross-section of developing countries by estimating their underground economies using the...

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MODEL OF CHOICES, INSTITUTIONS AND DIRECT DEMOCRACY QUASI-ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE INFLUENCE OF UNDERGROUND ECONOMY

BAICU, Corneliu Sorin; HAPENCIUC, Cristian Valentin - 2016

Research in recent decades has shown that an analysis of underground economy from the limiting perspective of economic factors of influence is insufficient. Through an integrative approach it is opened the way to a multidisciplinary and multi causal understanding of all factors (economic,...

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MODEL OF CHOICES, INSTITUTIONS AND DIRECT DEMOCRACY QUASI-ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE INFLUENCE OF UNDERGROUND ECONOMY

BAICU, Corneliu Sorin; HAPENCIUC, Cristian Valentin - 2016

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Soziale Sicherung und informeller Sektor : Stand der theoretischen Diskussion und kritische Analyse der Situation in den arabischen Ländern unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kleinstversicherungsansatzes

Loewe, Markus - 2004

Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf begrenzte Erwerbsmöglichkeiten und geringe Einkommen zurückgeht. Große Teile der Bevölkerung verarmen auch deshalb immer wieder, weil sie keinen adäquaten Zugang zu...

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Beyond the Invisible: The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Formalization on Small Businesses in Colombia

Fandl, Kevin J. - 2010

Trade liberalization in Latin America has substantially altered business opportunities andeconomic development in the region. As barriers to competing inputs have come down andforeign investment in the region has gone up, small, domestic firms have struggled to stayafloat. Many small businesses...

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