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Better measures of informality can improve poverty reduction policy
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In a recent study , my co-authors and I propose a new way to measure informality by household, rather than by individual worker. We find that such an...

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Over 2 billion workers globally are informal — what should we do about it?
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Informality is a pervasive phenomenon in the labour markets of developing countries. Two billion workers, representing 61.2 per cent of the world’s...

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Towards sustainable livelihood in the Tanzanian informal economy

In spite of having some intensive national strategies to address poverty, Tanzania lacks a coherent national strategy to ensure sustainable livelihoods for those working in its informal economy, of which street vending is an important sector. Based...

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COVID-19 intensifies global need to support informal workers in their struggle: Three guiding principles for a better deal
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The world is facing an existential crisis that poses challenging questions: whether to put people and nature before owners of capital and technology...

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