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From the Editor's Desk (June-July 2012)
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by Tony Addison June 2012

Tony Addison I started writing this ‘From the Editor’s Desk’ in Accra, to the sound of an African drum band, preparing for a ceremony to mark the...

  • Informal sector
  • Environment and economic development
  • Economic development
Journal Article
Firm-Level Corruption in Vietnam

This article uses panel data from a survey of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam to uncover which firms pay bribes and which do not. We also study how bribe paying evolved between 2005 and 2007 and test how the determinants of bribes...

  • Informal sector
  • Econometrics
  • Entrepreneurship
Working Paper
Measuring the Labour Income Share of Developing Countries

This paper is the first to address the challenges of measuring the labour income share of developing countries. The poor availability and reliability of national accounts data, and the fact that self-employed people, whose labour income is hard to...

  • Income distribution
  • Informal sector
  • Labour costs
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Conflict and Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan
by Tommaso Ciarli, Saeed Parto, Maria Savona November 2009

Tommaso Ciarli, Saeed Parto and Maria Savona Afghanistan remains one of the poorest countries in the world with an estimated per capita income of 300...

  • Conflict management
  • Economic development
  • Entrepreneurship
Working Paper
On the Effects of Formalization on Taxes and Wages

Based on a unique panel dataset consisting of both formal and informal firms surveyed every other year from 2005 to 2013, this paper explores the benefits of formalization to the government and firm employees in Vietnam. We find that formalization...

  • Factor proportions
  • Informal sector
  • Taxation
Working Paper
Minimum Wage and Informality in Ecuador

This paper investigates if changes in the minimum wage have influenced changes on the formality and informality rates, and the level of wages in Ecuador. A 12-year panel was built. It allows to overcome the short time span of household data and so to...

  • Informal sector
  • Labour market
  • Labour supply
Research Brief
Clustering, competition, and spillover effects in Cambodia

What types of businesses benefit or suffer due to geographic clustering? Data available from Cambodia on competition and spillovers—at both village- and commune-level—is useful to answer a number of questions about the effects of clustering and the...

  • Economic development
  • Industrial productivity
  • Informal sector
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Entrepreneurship and Conflict

Entrepreneurs are often adversely affected by violent conflict such as civil war. At the same time though entrepreneurs may contribute to or even benefit from violent conflict and other ‘destructive’ and ‘unproductive’ activities that limit economic...

  • Conflict management
  • Economic development
  • Entrepreneurship
Journal Article
On the Short- and Medium-Term Effects of Formalisation

This paper analyses the consequences of formalisation on the performance of informal firms, using a panel dataset from Vietnam. We find that switching firms (before switching) have higher profit and value added compared to non-switching firms...

  • Factor proportions
  • Informal sector
  • Wages
Journal Article
Benefits of Formalization

Based on unique panel data consisting of both formal and informal firms, this paper uses a matched double difference approach to examine the relationship between legal status and firm level outcomes in micro, small and medium manufacturing...

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  • Informal sector
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Inclusive Growth in Africa
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by Roger Williamson September 2013

24 September 2013 Roger Williamson Another big weekend for UNU-WIDER. The stage was well set on Thursday 19 September for a consideration of...

  • Economic policy
  • Equality and inequality
  • Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
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Informality, Growth, and Development in Africa

The informal sector makes up an overwhelming share of both gross domestic product and total employment in Africa. In this paper, we lay out some of the basic characteristics of the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa, relevant institutions, and...

  • Economic development
  • Households
  • Informal sector
Policy Brief
Africa's Lions
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  • Employment
  • Infrastructure
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Changing Patterns of Employment and Unemployment in Africa

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  • Informal sector
  • Labour
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The Forgotten Property Rights

Studies of land property rights usually focus on tenure security and transfer rights. Rights to determine how to use the land are regularly ignored. However, user rights are often limited. Relying on a unique Vietnamese panel data set at both...

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  • Informal sector
  • Investments
Research Brief
The decline of the labour share in Mexico, 1990–2015
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