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Title Linking the formal and informal economy : concepts and policies / [edited by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur, and Elinor Ostrom]
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages) : illustrations
Series UNU-WIDER studies in development economics
Studies in development economics.
Contents Beyond formality and informality / Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur, and Elinor Ostrom -- Bureaucratic form and the informal economy / Keith Hart -- The global path : soft law and non-sovereigns formalizing the potency of the informal sector / Robert K. Christensen -- The relevance of the concepts of formality and informality : a theoretical appraisal / Alice Sindzingre -- Rethinking the informal economy : linkages with the formal economy and the formal regulatory environment / Martha Alter Chen -- Formal and informal enterprises : concept, definition, and measurement issues in India / M.R. Narayana -- The impact of regulation on growth and informality : cross-country evidence / Norman V. Loayza, Ana María Oviedo, and Luis Servéen -- Financial liberalization in Vietnam : impact on loans from informal, formal, and semi-formal providers / Robert Lensink, Mark McGillivray, and Pham Thi Thu Trà -- Blocking human potential : how formal policies block the informal economy in the Maputo Corridor / Frederik Söderbaum -- Microinsurance for the informal economy workers in India / Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Rajeev Ahuja -- Turning to forestry for a way out of poverty : is formalizing property rights enough? / Krister Andersson and Diego Pacheco -- Voluntary contributions to informal activities producing public goods : can these be induced by government and other formal sector agents? : some evidence from Indonesian posyandus / Jeffrey B. Nugent and Shailender Swaminathan -- Social capital, survival strategies, and their potential for post-conflict governance in Liberia / Amos Sawyer -- Enforcement and compliance in Lima's street markets : the origins and consequences of policy incoherence towards informal traders / Sally Roever -- Formalizing the informal : is there a way to safely unlock human potential through land entitlement? : a review of changing land administration in Africa / Liz Alden Wily
Summary A collection of studies on formality and informality in developing countries, this volume contains contributions from anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists. It argues for moving beyond the formal-informal dichotomy, and offers information to develop guiding principles for intervention
Analysis Politologi
Notes "The contributions were originally presented at a conference organized in Helsinki in September 2004 by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) in collaboration with the Expert Group on Development Issues (EGDI) at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs"--Foreword
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Informal sector (Economics) -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Informal sector (Economics) -- Government policy -- Developing countries -- Congresses
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economic policy
Informal sector (Economics)
Informal sector (Economics) -- Government policy
Schattenwirtschaft
Informele economie.
83.79 economic sectors: other.
informal economy.
development economics.
definition.
commerce.
deregulation.
land ownership.
social capital.
microinsurance.
ILO mentioned.
économie informelle.
économie du développement.
définition.
commerce.
déréglementation.
propriété foncière.
capital social.
microassurance.
OIT mentionné
economía informal.
economía del desarrollo.
definición.
comercio.
desreglamentación.
propiedad de la tierra.
capital social.
microseguro.
mención de la OIT.
SUBJECT Developing countries -- Economic policy
Subject Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Africa south of Sahara.
developing countries.
India.
Kenya.
Liberia.
Peru.
Viet Nam.
Afrique au sud du Sahara.
pays en développement.
Inde.
Kenya.
Libéria.
Pérou.
Viet Nam.
Africa al sur del Sahara.
países en desarrollo.
India.
Kenya.
Liberia.
Perú
Viet Nam.
Genre/Form Electronic books
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Helsinki (2004)
Kongress.
Form Electronic book
Author Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb.
Kanbur, S. M. Ravi, 1954-
Ostrom, Elinor.
LC no. 2006008896
ISBN 0199204764
9780199204762
9780191525483
0191525480
9780191603860
0191603864
1281148792
9781281148797
1435624742
9781435624740
9786611148799
6611148795