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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
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– Lessons from Relief for Comprehensive Social Protection
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
Book Chapter
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– What Is Missing from National Economic Recovery Plans?
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
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– A Case of Domestic Workers in Delhi
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
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This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
– Unpacking COVID-19 Impact on Livelihoods and Poverty in Rural Areas and Urban Low-Income Settlements of Bangladesh
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
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– Accounts from Residents of Cape Town’s Largest Township
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
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– Differentiated Impacts and an Uneven Recovery
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
Book Chapter
Public social insurance is part of the broader social protection “toolbox”, typically understood to comprise also social assistance measures (such as cash transfers, benefits in kind, fuel subsidies and so on), social services and public works (see, for example, Carter et al. 2019). Until recently...
Book Chapter
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– National labour surveys in five Latin American countries and field research in 11 cities around the world
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
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– Degrees and Pathways of Impact in 11 Cities around the World
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
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– COVID-19 and the Informal Sector
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COVID-19 and the Informal Economy
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– Indonesia and India compared
We examine the nature of labour market inequality in Indonesia and India, using a common conceptual approach drawing from the job ladder framework. In the framework, we differentiate between self-employment and wage-informal and between formal, upper tier informal, and lower tier informal jobs. We...
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Frequent electricity outages threaten to impede the benefits of expanded access achieved by many developing countries in recent decades. A large literature documents these negative effects, however almost none consider labour market effects. This paper merges labour force survey microdata with high...
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Sustainable economic development hinges on the ability of firms and households to maintain growth and wellbeing. How have Tanzania’s firms and households performed in recent decades, and what policies can improve their resilience against future shocks?Firms that export are better able to sustain...
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Sustaining Tanzania's Economic Development
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– Does labour market information speed job-taking in Mozambique?
High youth unemployment rates and long school-to-work transition times pose a threat to low-income countries’ sustainable growth prospects. Using a randomized control trial experiment conducted in Mozambique, we find strong evidence that providing information on wages and unemployment reduces the...
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