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Tensions between formal and informal water providers : receptivity toward mechanised boreholes in the Sunyani West District, Ghana
Agbemor, Benjamin D.; Smiley, Sarah L. - In: The journal of development studies 57 (2021) 3, pp. 383-399
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Resilience counter-currents : water infrastructures, informality, and inequities in Cape Town, South Africa
Rodina, Lucy; Harris, Leila M.; Ziervogel, Gina; Wilson, J. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 180 (2024), pp. 1-32
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Can informal water vendors deliver on the promise of a human right to water? : results from Cochabamba, Bolivia
Wutich, Amber; Beresford, Melissa; Carvajal, Cinthia - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 79 (2016), pp. 14-24
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Trust in providers of domestic water : a comparison of the public utility and informal vendors in Dar es Salaam
Munro, Neil; Kweka, Opportuna L. - In: The journal of development studies 57 (2021) 10, pp. 1710-1722
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Informality as experimentation : water utilities' strategies for cost recovery and their consequences for universal access
Mitlin, Diana; Walnycki, Anna - In: The journal of development studies 56 (2020) 2, pp. 259-277
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The burden of water shortages on informal firms
Islam, Asif - 2018
population. This study uncovers the effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of informal firms. This is achieved … standard deviation of the total duration of water shortages in a month can lead to annual average losses of about 14.5 percent … of the monthly sales per worker for the average informal firm in the sample that uses water for business activities …
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Pollution, Welfare and Informal Sector : A Theoretical Analysis
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit; Mukhopadhyay, Ujjaini - 2003
We present a three-sector general equilibrium model with an informal sector, which produces an intermediary for the formal sector, to analyze the effects of different policies on the pollution level and welfare of the economy. The informal manufacturing sector creates pollution and higher the...
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Comparative advantage, segmentation and informal earnings : a marginal treatment effects approach
Arias, Omar (contributor); Khamis, Melanie (contributor) - 2008
This paper employs recently developed econometric models of marginal treatment effects to analyze the relevance of labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793731
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Determinants and impact of subcontracting : evidence from India's informal manufacturing sector
Basole, Amit; Basu, Deepankar; Bhattacharya, Rajesh - 2014
There are two divergent perspectives on the impact of subcontracting on firms in the informal sector. According to the benign view, formal sector firms prefer linkages with relatively modern firms in the informal sector, and subcontracting enables capital accumulation and technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362591
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The more the gloomier : development of informal employment and its effect on wages in Turkey
Duman, Anil; Duman, Alper - 2021
Various studies found wage gaps between formal and informal sector workers even after controlling for a number of individual and firm level characteristics. It has also been shown that earnings differentials across these sectors are quite stable over the years. While there is limited amount of...
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