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Working Paper
Informal employment or informal firms? Regulatory enforcement and the transformation of the informal sector

While there is general agreement that regulatory avoidance is an important part of firms’ decisions to produce in the informal sector, there is much less agreement on how regulation and enforcement affect firms’ decisions on, inter alia, ...

Informal sector Regulation Spillovers
Working Paper
Petrol price regulation in South Africa: Is it meeting its intended objectives?

The South African liquid fuels industry is a significant part of the economy. Historically, government policy focused on import substitution industrialization to support industry margins...

Prices South Africa Deregulation
Book Chapter
Regulatory structures and challenges to developmental extractives: Some practical observations from Ghana

From the book: Extractive Industries

Development Extractives Regulatory
Policy Brief
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 The business environment of Mozambican manufacturing firms Economic growth Regulatory Access to credit
Working Paper
Regulatory structures and challenges to developmental extractives: Some practical observations from Ghana

At the heart of an effective extractive resource-based economic transformation and development is an effective regulatory framework that guides the promotion of investments into the sector, the procedure for responsible extraction, and the management...

Development Extractives Regulatory
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