The Informal Economy In Developing Countries (Routledge Studies In Development Economics)

The informal economy plays a predominant role in developing countries and is a domain that remains largely ignored by researchers, and is neglected and often negatively perceived by public policies. A better understanding of how their economies work thus implies a better understanding of the informal economy. This book takes a fresh look at research in this domain and covers Asia, Africa and Latin America. One key message stands out in this book is that the principal characteristics of the informal economy are relatively close in all developing countries, with highly precarious contracts and mediocre salaries and working conditions. This does not exclude variations depending on the salary levels of each country, as well as the existence of great heterogeneity within each country. In so far as the informal economy is condemned to continue, even in emerging countries, the defining of support policies constitutes a major development challenge. This book contains a selection of papers presented during an international conference organised in May 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the Institut de Recherche pour le Dloppement, with the support of the Agence Franaise de Dloppement and several international organisations: the World Bank, the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations development programme and the Department for International Development--

• | Author: Jean-Pierre Cling|Stéphane Lagrée|Mireille Razafindrakoto
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 334 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415730341
• | ISBN-13: 9780415730341