Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (40 Seiten)
Series Statement:
GIGA Working Papers no. 20
Keywords:
Wirtschaftlicher Wandel Entwicklungsländer
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Wirtschaft, informelle
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Arbeitsverhältnis
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Kleingewerbe
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Unternehmen
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Armut
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Arbeit, informelle
Abstract:
The informal sector (IS) plays a significant role in developing countries viz. the provision of employment, income and supplying ignored markets. However, working and employment conditions within the sector are still poor. Its expansion and changing structures have thus drawn the attention of scholars and international policy makers to the factors hindering its formalisation. Among the factors addressed are the high costs of formalisation and the lack of incentives for operating in the formal sector. A variety of approaches have been adopted by different stakeholders to overcome these factors. This paper assesses these approaches along with the factors related to informality-formality trade-off and the issue of formalisation as a solution for firms` growth. By focussing on the problems faced by informal enterprises and the literature which addresses the options for accelerating the formalisation of informal enterprises, the paper will briefly summarise the weaknesses of these approaches.
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Informal Sector: An Overview -- 3. Barriers to Entry into the Formal Sector -- 4. The Informal Sector, Economic Growth and Poverty -- 5. Strategic Options: Accelerating the Formalisation of Informal Enterprises -- 6. Conclusion and Recommendation
Note:
"This article is based on the paper "Formalisation of Informal Enterprises: Economic Growth and Poverty", Economic Reforms and Private Sector Development, Sector Project "Innovative Tools for Private Sector Development", published by GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) and commissioned by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Eschborn, December 2005." (Seite 3)Zusammenfassung in deutscher Sprache
