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Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Survey 2019: Descriptive ReportThe 2019 descriptive report of the Myanmar Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey is the second quantitative report of the Myanmar Enterprises Monitoring System (MEMS) project...
SMEs Informal sector ManufacturingBook Chapter
Why do household businesses stay informal?From the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Formal and informal Informal sector Household businessReport
Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 2018 Qualitative StudyThe purpose of this report is to give a nuanced picture of the SME business environment in Myanmar as a complement to the 2017 MSME quantitative survey conducted within the project ‘ Towards Inclusive Development in Myanmar ’...
SMEs Manufacturing Informal sectorWorking Paper
Financial disincentives to formal work: Evidence from Ecuador and ColombiaThe aim of this paper is to quantify the financial cost that informal workers would incur in the event of entering formality, accounting for potential earnings gains upon entry...
formalization Informal sector InformalityBook Chapter
Employment and productivity growth in Tanzania's service sectorFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Services Informal sector Economic growthResearch Brief
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Why do household businesses in Vietnam stay informal?Using unbalanced panel data from the small and medium enterprise surveys in Vietnam in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015, this paper investigates factors associated with informality in Vietnam...
Formal and informal Informal sector Household businessReport
Myanmar Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey 2017: Descriptive ReportMyanmar’s transition to a market-based economy is accompanied by rapid development of the private manufacturing sector, which has large potential for improving economic growth...
SMEs Manufacturing Informal sectorPolicy Brief
Working Paper
Employment and productivity growth in Tanzania’s service sectorDespite Tanzania’s rapid recent growth, the vast majority of employment creation has been in informal services. This paper addresses the role that different subsectors of formal and informal services have played in Tanzania’s growth...
Services Informal sector Economic growth